Our Freedom At Work
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A Freedom Timeline
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the New Americans, and I (as an American) was made forever free of Great Britain’s rule.
On September 22, 1862, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, and I (as an African-American) was made forever free of slavery.
On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified and I (as a woman) was left forever free to cast my vote.
In 1992, I became self-supporting and I (as an adult) made myself forever free of my parents’ rules and priorities. Theoretically, anyway…
January 15, 2005 was my last day of full-time work as an employee. I invested three years into supporting Dan while he was in school full-time, and on that day he started returning the favor with three years of freedom to work from home. Maybe forever. Maybe not. Read more
The Dream Meme
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Yesterday we shared our kid dreams of what we would work at when we grew up, and got a peek at the totally wicked cool kids you all were! Every comment made me smile or giggle or wonder in awe at your clever, imaginative, and daring younger selves. Y’all haven’t changed a bit!
My Big Dream
I could kick/kiss Bob from the Writing Journey for his Dream Meme. It’s a fantastic goal-setting exercise because: 1) by being specific we’re compelled to perceive our dreams as doable, and 2) by posting them we’re accountable to follow through. Darn/Thank you, Bob! Read more
What Did You Want To Do When You Grew Up?
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Do you remember the dreams you had when you were a kid?
Not the “ride a purple unicorn to Mars and live among the Little Red Men” dreams (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I mean the dreams about what you’d work at when you grew up…or at least, when you got older 
I’ve been thinking about my early ideas of what I wanted to do and my most recent ideas for a worklife, too.
If I show you mine, will you show me yours?
Here’s what I wanted to do for work as a 7 or 8 year old up to a (somewhat) wiser woman of almost 40, in order of occurrence, not preference—
Some Re-Assembly Required
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A friend or lover or partner or spouse who believes in you is a precious thing. A beautiful thing. A dangerous thing.
Precious and beautiful because they know and support your dreams and plans and hopes for your future. And they’re dangerous for the exact same fricking reasons. Here’s the story— Read more
Trying a different schedule: New posts on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. More time for reading and commenting, and I’ll have breathing room for new BBB goodies, collaborations, and microconsulting.
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When I introduced my strategic collaboration consulting idea earlier this week, anything could have happened in the comments area. Thankfully, I got the same encouraging and helpful feedback BBB commenters give all the business bits that get posted here. And as always, I appreciate every word of it!
We had a good giggle about the alleged cleverness of my 140-character microconsulting service—which inspired yesterday’s Super Genius post—but the larger discussion ignored the nature of my services, and even the technology I’ll use to deliver them. Instead, we bantered about how much I wasn’t charging for it. Read more
Born To And Born For Our Crooked Paths
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I love mystery/thriller novels, and I’ve savored virtual stacks of audiobooks while cleaning, driving, and decompressing before bed. It’s fab to “read” one or two books a week while on the run (or inches from sleep), and following the story more closely is an unexpected bonus. My ears tune into small things that my eyes might have skimmed over.
One of these small things is from Tony Hillerman’s Jim Chee novels, where it sounds like the narrator emphasizes the Native American concept of being “born to” and “born for” their parents’ clans when discussing lineage.
My mind has a hard time with this elegant perspective…it’s entirely stuck on my own limited view. To me, born to and born for aren’t about who we’ve come from, they’re about where we’re going to. Read more
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