About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: adversity
Apr
04
2010
Easter and Change in the Air
My earliest memory of something atypical of Easter-cliche-happenings was in the year I would turn 8, 1981. It was Easter Sunday morning and my father, mother, brother, and I were gathered in the bright yellow sunroom for breakfast when the phone rang. It was family back East. Seems my father’s father died that morning. I’d never [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Specifically Steff, writing Also tagged changing, easter, laid off, life change, lifechange, opportunity, recession, seasons, spring, thinking positive, unexpected Leave a comment
Apr
01
2010
What to Learn from Unemployment
I woke up with a smile this morning. I woke up unemployed. It’s not permanent… yet. They have three months to hire me back. If they can’t, I get severance then. If they do, tickety-boo. Just not for a while, please. I’m so fuckin’ tired from runnin’ so fuckin’ long. I need to stop. I [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Life 101, Specifically Steff, keeping it real, writing Also tagged faith, finding myself, finding yourself, gratitude, hope, lifechange, lost my job, new direction, opportunity, philosophy, pink slip, unemployment, unemployment insurance 2 Comments
Lucky us! I have half a mug of coffee left! Just enough for us to squeeze in a quickie! What a FANTASTIC day. Beautiful, sunny. I’m going into work and kissing ass to have a short day. It’s fantastic working for women who understand that the here-and-now is as important as the year-end fiscal, and [...]
Posted in Journalling, Specifically Steff, fitness, keeping it real Also tagged appreciation, loving single, overcoming odds, proving it to yourself, savouring, survival 1 Comment
Having woken up in a pretty sour mood, I got into my exercises after a pretty lengthy bit of procrastinating. While doing them, I watched Michael J. Fox’s Adventures of an Incurable Optimist, a one-hour documentary on his search to understand more about what makes us optimistic, and how it might impact things. It’s a [...]
Posted in Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Specifically Steff Also tagged life, michael j fox, optimism, questions, understanding self 2 Comments
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