I thought about opening a restaurant for a while. It wouldn’t have been a stretch – I have quite a bit of experience in the food service industry in various capacities. I liked the idea because, when I imagined things, it felt a lot like Cheers, and who doesn’t want to own a cool joint? I decided I would call it “You’ll Eat What I … Continue reading Imaginary Entrepreneurship
I decided to make some changes in my life to kick myself out of the depression and grief-based inertia that was doing a good job of keeping me fairly embedded in mud – or at least feeling that way – for the past several months. Luckily, synchronicity reared its head as I hoped for inspiration; I started seeing social media posts about the 75-Hard plan. … Continue reading Change Is Easy – Maintenance Is Hard
Conspicuous consumption I have a lot of dresses for someone who mostly doesn’t wear them. The owning and holding is something that started about a decade ago, shortly after I returned home from an inpatient eating disorder treatment program. Before that, I had only a few, special occasion dresses in my closet, old faithfuls that I’d haul out for weddings, funerals, and Christmas dinner. It’s … Continue reading I Have Troubles With Dresses
FIFO I’ve worked quite a few food service jobs in various capacities in my life. A couple of the lessons really stuck with me. The first was, work clean. “Clean as you go” was a big part of my early fast food training, along with “time to lean, time to clean.” Work at anything long enough and you become an expert. I’m pretty expert at … Continue reading Product Rotation and Wearing Dresses.
From Famine to Feast. 