Why Do You Write?

This post was written by Heather Rae.  Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. A few days ago, I had a conversation with a friend.  While walking on the beach, we talked about the randomness that is life.  And somehow we moved to the topic of my writing.  First, we discussed what type of book I [...]

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Turn Around and Say, “Watch Me.”

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about failure.  And success.  And what exactly those two things mean to me.  I’ve been thinking a lot about the big dreams. I touched on this topic a bit in my last post on Stratejoy.  When I wrote that post, I was feeling pretty good, ready for whatever was [...]

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Fear and Wanderlust

“There’s fear that keeps you alive. And there’s fear that keeps you from living.  Wisdom is knowing the difference.”–David Swenson For a number of years, I have been absolutely obsessed with the idea of traveling the world.  I want to wander among natural wonders, see far off vistas up close, experience different cultures–totally and completely immerse [...]

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Why Women Are Not Cows and I Belong to Me

When I was about 20 years old, I had this boyfriend.  He was a nice guy (at least–he tried), but we had all these problems.  We simply weren’t good together.  Being young and naive, it took a while for us to realize this. Anyhow, this last weekend I recalled something from that relationship which bothered me.  [...]

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Making Memories

How often is it that you meet someone you totally click with–someone that you talk with for a short time (or maybe a long time) and you know right off that person gets you?  I don’t have that experience a lot.  People tend to think that my nontraditional ways of looking at the world are a little odd, they look [...]

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It’s Getting Harder and Harder to Fake It

I’ve noticed something lately. I used to be a very agreeable person. I would smile and pretend to be interested in what people were saying even when those things were beyond my curiosity. I would pretend to be excited about a project at work simply because showing enthusiasm was seen as a good thing. I [...]

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How to Have It All

Quarter life criss, mid-life crisis, 30-something angst. A whole lot of people I know are going through something ‘crisis-like’, me included. We have this idea in our minds that there has to be more to life–we could accomplish more, do more, be more. We believe we can have it all. Too bad none of us [...]

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Ithaka

ITHAKA C. P. Cavafy As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon – don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as [...]

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Square Pegs

Do you ever think your life is one big square peg surrounded by a thousand tiny, round holes? That’s me these days. Maybe it’s thirty-something angst. Will my life be what I want it to be? At the end, will I look back and, like Frankie, say I did it my way? Lately, I’ve had [...]

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What’s Squid Got to Do with It?

You might wonder why I decided to name my blog In Search of Squid.  So let me explain. Here’s how it started:  I was having one of those days. You know — when you go into the office only to realize you wish you had called in sick.  I did manage to make it through [...]

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