I kind of had this major revelation over the last week - one of the reasons I am struggling SO much at my job is because I am unschooler, and I just cannot teach in the traditional way because I don't learn in the traditional way. The reason that my classes have been difficult and out of control and I leave feeling frustrated and overwhelmed and ( Read more... )

So I was reading Marina's post and she said

"And here's the other thing, I don't want to write about the ways in which it sucks, because lately I have a low tolerance for hearing about how people's jobs suck. Most jobs suck in the same ways--the boss is too vague, the hours are too long, the projects aren't exciting, it's impossible to get ( Read more... )

Man, its amazing to me, but people are still freaked out about body hair! I was having coffee with some friends and one of them started talking about her female co-worker, who doesn't shave...and EVERYONE around the table was shocked and horrified ( Read more... )

This is not originally mine and I don't know where it comes from originally, but I love it ( Read more... )

Yikes, must remember to eat three times a day! Its been so hot that I've taken to just having a smoothie for breakfast, and a salad for dinner and not much in between just because I have been SO NOT hungry. But for the last couple of days I've been feeling really weak and shakey and drained, and I sort of realized that even tho I'm not hungry, I ( Read more... )

My sister is in Europe right now. I'm SO thrilled for her, cause shes been saving for ages, and she's with her two besties and I know she'll have an amazing time. But I'm also incredibly heartsick for travel... I haven't stayed in the same place for more than five monthes at any point during the last four years, and suddenly I've been in Tucson for ( Read more... )

Second thought of the day ( Read more... )

Thought of the day one: I've been really chewing over body image, weight, society, other people, media, expectations, etc, etc etc. And I realize that I kind of have a hypocritical view sometimes. I'll honestly say that the concept of obese people frustrates me. Hearing very large people complaining about their weight frustrates me. I have a ( Read more... )

For the last month/two months, my job has sucked in so many mundane ways that I don't even want to talk about it. Proper grim. Anyways, seeing as 35 hours of my week are totally lame, I thought I'd find something else to do that made me happy in the rest of the time - long story short, I landed this totally rad organic kitchen apprenticeship, and ( Read more... )

So I read this status thing on facebook about the new calorie counts on fast food menus, and it got me thinking...I'm always reading about food, nutrition, health, etc. And the more I read the more frustrated I become, particularly with books like Fast Food Nation, where all they do is attack the fast food industry. Don't get me wrong, I don't like ( Read more... )