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Tag Archives: stress
Trying to start a positivity train
Whether due to the overwhelming political and climatic upheavals we see in the world or because of significant personal upheavals, staying positive has been a challenge for many/most of us these days. There are no easy answers. More and more … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends
Tagged acts of kindness, depression, fear, kindness, pandemic, personal loss, Putin, stress, support, Ukraine, worry
30 Comments
Let’s put aside the serious talk and share some laughs, at least for today
These days there’s so much to think about, talk about, and write about that’s serious. There’s so much that’s upsetting. There’s so much that’s scary. There’s so much that’s sad. But today, here in central New Brunswick – that little … Continue reading
How to retain – or regain – a sense of community during a pandemic
In the past few weeks I’ve heard some distressing comments from former colleagues, younger colleagues who have been working through the strains and constraints of COVID. The COVID work world, complete with rapidly switching to Zoom, teaching by Zoom, having … Continue reading
Posted in Good for you, good for business, Leadership, Odds and Ends
Tagged appreciation, community, COVID, gratitude, office culture, school, sense of community, stress, work
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Add teachers to the “overwhelmed frontline workers” list
There may be a vaccine ready to be rolled out in some places. But it will be a long, slow process, and meanwhile in many, many places – too many places – the healthcare facilities are overflowing and the healthcare … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Odds and Ends
Tagged COVID, learning, overwhelmend, professors, stress, stress in workplace, teachers, teaching, value of teachers
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What the Bushmen of the Kalahari can teach us
Who would have thought that the longest “serving” hunter-gatherers on our planet, the San people of southern Africa, more commonly referred to as Bushmen, would have some important reminders for the rest of us. But a Christmas book I just … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, History and Politics, Just wondering
Tagged Affluence without Abundance, botswana, Bushmen, Climate change, egalitarian, hunter-gatherers, hunting, inequality, James Suzman, Kalahari, Namibia, patriarchy, people, resilience, San, social conventions, southern Africa, stress, wants versus needs, work versus leisure
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Musings of a former retiree
I’ve had the unusual opportunity this year of finding myself interrupting a happy, fruitful retirement – 5 years in – to return to work for a year. I thought it might be useful to any of you who are presented … Continue reading
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