Personal Improvement
Dreaming Big: an Interview with GrrlWriter
I’m sitting here in my virtual living room, talking to Jessica Broughton, part-time writer and author of the blog GrrlWriter. Hi, Jessica. Hi, Tim. I really need to update the picture, since I don’t have the pink anymore! Yeah, well, I think that’s probably true of all of us. I know it is of me. [...]
Two Women Search for the Meaning of Life
I finally got to see Julie and Julia over the weekend. Unlike many stories, it doesn’t serve as a means of escape. Rather, there is substance and inspiration woven through it. The film compares the stories of Julia Child and Julie Powell. Both faced an impasse in their lives; both set out on a search [...]
Faith’n'Fiction Saturday
My hope this new year is to form deeper relationships, to connect with people more closely, and to make greater, positive contributions to their lives. I’d say this post is one of the first big test cases. I introduced these “hopes,” which could have been New Year’s resolutions—though I called them “wishes,” because I didn’t [...]
Have you ever dreamed a New Year’s wish?
Once in a while you have one of those dreams that sticks with you after you wake up, moves you, speaks to you, but in ways you don’t understand upon waking. I had such a dream New Year’s morning. And the first thing I did was to write it down, or at least as much [...]
Of Baking Bread and Busy
Video post today, quick & dirty & edited, because I’ve got so many other things going on today. A video about being busy as a stay-at-home dad. -TimK
Why Are We So Unhappy Having All These Things?
One of my daughters today was approaching tears, when I almost blew up at her. I didn’t actually yell at her, I hope, but I felt my temperature and voice rising in unison. She was upset, because we didn’t have an extra pool pass, so that she could go to the community pool party today, [...]
Wishcasting Wednesday: Being Very Afraid
I haven’t done Wishcasting Wednesday since before Jamie Rider moved it to her main blog. Today, she asks: “What do you wish to tell the world?” My answer: I wish to tell them that they don’t need to be afraid.
Interpretation of a Nightmare: A real-life murder turns into a dream
Earlier, I wrote about scientific dream interpretation, using the Expectation Fulfillment Theory of Dreaming. Here’s another example, this time of a nightmare.
The True Meaning of Dreams
Ever since man has been able to think, he has tried to understand his dreams. He has called on dreams for divine guidance or for self-understanding. Many methods have been put forward for interpreting dreams. Some theorists have written off dreams as mere random thoughts that intrude into our sleep. Others have gone through great [...]
Depression and the Software Developer (part 3)
(This is a continuation from part 2 of “Depression and the Software Developer”.) [Note: This is a recounting of an experience from several years ago. Read the story from the beginning in order to catch up.] According to psychologist Joe Griffin, the cycle of depression starts when innate needs are not being met. Among these [...]