Tag Archives: Personal Development

July 2025: Reactions

In this post: Another look at improving self-awareness with a focus on strengths and weaknesses. — Welcome to this sixth and final post in this short series on self-awareness. Covered so far are Values, Passions, Aspirations, Fit and Patterns. This final post in this sub-series is about Reactions. That said, I’m not entirely sure whyContinue reading “July 2025: Reactions”

March 2025: Passions

In this post: Another look at improving self-awareness with a focus on personal passions. — This series of posts started with a post on Values. This post is about Passions. The next four posts will be about Aspirations, Fit, Patterns, and Reactions. The questions about Passions include the following: 1 What kind of day wouldContinue reading “March 2025: Passions”

February 2025: Values

In this post: Another look at improving self-awareness with a focus on personal values. — I was reviewing old notebooks – you review things now and then, right? – and came across a couple of index cards. On them were penciled things about being more self-aware. As I read them, I thought ‘these cards mightContinue reading “February 2025: Values”

October 2024: Resuming a Habit

In this post: I ramble generally about the idea of restarting a suspended habit. October 1st marked the beginning of a new fiscal year. For whatever reason (that I may or may not google immediately after I finish typing this up…), the federal government has decided that October is the beginning of the year insteadContinue reading “October 2024: Resuming a Habit”

February 2023: Diplomacy

(Instruments of Power: 1 of 4) Welcome to the 21st of 72 monthly posts. Today’s post is the first of a four-post series on the Instruments of Power and is focused on the topic of Diplomacy. As covered in the series’ introductory post, my intentions with this post are to cover the following: What isContinue reading “February 2023: Diplomacy”