Are You Ready to Stretch?
Most of us follow the crowd when it comes to using our skills and talents. But my son Matthew, pictured above, likes to push the limits of what he can achieve. Where we would be content to drive a four-wheeler, he wants to coax it to fly. He likes to stretch and see what […]
Computer Lessons Learned
These are the computer lessons I’ve learned and continue to apply: 1. Keep a computer journal – every time you have a problem, write it and the solution down. When the same problem comes up again (which it often does), you know what to do. With a memory like mine, this has saved me a […]
AI and Healthy Living
I had my three month diabetic visit and the session was filled with tech conversations. My doctor walked in with a laptop and said with my permission she’d like her new AI assistant to be taking notes on our visit. At the end of our time together, she showed me the summary notes that the […]
Winter Reading
For the past three weeks, life has been busy caring for teen grandgirls while our daughter and her husband are in Portugal. We thoroughly enjoyed spending time with the girls and other than missing our own bed, would gladly do it again. Now their parents have had to trade in their t-shirts and jeans for […]
No Excuses
I love to read about successful people and try to learn how they succeeded. Knowing other people were able to overcome obstacles motivates me to do the same. Here are some tips for success that I recently came across: 1. No excuses. Many famous actors, music artists, inventors, etc., had special challenges ranging from learning […]
Are You a Warrior or a Worrier?
Having a number of children and grandkids is a blessing, but it can give us many reasons to worry. We worry about their financial needs, their housing needs, their educational and job needs. If we allow ourselves, we can be in a constant state of anxiety over the concerns of the people we love. There […]
Computer Skills Checklist
Sometimes when you are learning to use the computer, you aren’t sure what there is to know. In fact, you may not want or need to learn everything. Here is a computer skills checklist that I’ve created. You can pick and choose which of the things on the list you are interested in pursuing. And […]
Practical Help To Change Your World
I’ve been feeling down about the fact that I get so many ideas and want to do so many things, but I constantly seem to put the brakes on myself. I found this video on Youtube and have watched it a few times now. Great advice that I found very helpful and think you will […]