One Percent

From the title of this post, I can tell that there are some of you who are going to reel back in surprise saying, “That sounds suspiciously like math is going to happen. Who are you, and what have you done with Ken??” Trust me, nothing’s happened – and there won’t be any math involved. …

Awkward Words

Today, Reader, I’d like to talk about something that I thought I’d try doing and how it led me to write the three most awkward words I’ve written in a long time. In the ongoing work to improve my overall Happiness, I started writing little “Thank You” notes to my Past Self. It started out …

Turn the Page

I don’t know if it’s just me that needs to hear this today, or if you – Reader – need to hear it today too. You are the Author of your own story and, as such, you can – at any time – turn to a new page and write something new. I know. That …

Quick Update

So, if I have learned anything over the course of the most recent holiday season, I have learned some things: Time is a construct, and if you don’t pay attention to it, it’ll slip through your mental fingers. This is not a bad thing, to be honest. I think we could all do with a …

Rest is Not a Reward

You’ve earned a rest. How often have you heard that? How often have you said this to yourself, like rest is some kind of reward? It’s a natural part of our vocabulary. We’re conditioned to believe that we can’t rest until we’ve done enough work. But here’s the thing: We’re working all the time. Here’s …

Time Pebbles

Happy Sunday Readers! Today I’d like to talk a little bit about Time. Now I’m not going to get into the nuts and bolts of it – there’s too much Math involved and if you’ve been following this blog for any length of time (Thanks, for that) you’ll know that Math and I have a …

Are You Ready for some Fun?

Happy Sunday, Readers. Today I’d like to talk about something fun. Or, more precisely, about fun itself. Its a funny little word, fun (See what I did there?). We use it a lot, for a variety of things and, for myself at least, I hadn’t really thought about what “Fun” is. What does it mean …

10 Delightful Things about Autumn

Autumn has truly hit her stride here in my neck of the woods and, since I’ve started tweeting about #DailyDelights, I’ve been more observant, and more often notice things that I enjoy. So, in no particular order, are ten things I find Delightful about Autumn. #1 – The briskness of the air. After the long …

A Line in the Sand

I spent the majority of Today writing (Author’s Note: I was drafting this on Thursday). I was looking forward to it. I had planned for it: I had the day off work and I could spend that time doing what I wanted, and I wanted to get some writing done. Needless to say, at the …