quality time
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Smartphone Is a Time Thief, so I Locked It Up.
Dear Conscience, It is mind-boggling to think and realize how much of this world’s focus, energy and potential is wasted on the smartphone. Not that people didn’t waste time before… But this is on another level. It steals time, and we know this, but we don’t realize how bad it really is. I was actively Continue reading
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Transitions
Dear Conscience, I spend too much time on transitions. I think this is where my delaying tendencies have accumulated now. After lunch, I decide to solve a crossword puzzle in my dad’s news paper. Or I decide I have to walk the dog. Or I play with my daughter. I must say, all of these Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 