life

  • Love Your Family

    I shared a while ago that my personality style is Advocate or INFJ (Nov 13, 2018 blog post Advocate).  Some of the others they say that are this personality type are Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa. One of the describing quotes of this type of person is that they see…

  • Routine

    It has been a little break from routine the last couple of weeks, which is going to continue at least until the end of the weekend. Not so much a change in my day to day, as I am still working, but we had a hockey tournament in Vancouver, which…

  • Personal

    While packing for our weekend away last weekend, going to our younger son’s hockey tournament, I was working out how much art stuff to bring and which sketchbooks. It has happened before, but I was again realizing how personal everything is.  I don’t like anyone to see my sketchbooks or…

  • Weakness

    “In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening.  So rather than thinking, oh I’m going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here’s a chance to grow.”  – Carol Dweck. I have to admit, upon reflecting on this statement, I can say revealing my weaknesses has been a…

  • Intuition

    I work at a credit union helping people with their banking and in the last month I have encountered a lot more emotional situations.  Remember in my blog ‘Reflection’ (April 23) when I said it is nice to have quiet time to ‘detach myself from some people’s personal situations’?  My…