As a child, I would read anything I could get my hands on.
At least, I would try. I had a small collection of classics that had been gifted to me, novels from Wuthering Heights to Dune, but I didn't get past the first page of a number of them.
My sole consideration in deciding whether to continue reading was, "Does this grab me right away?" If it didn't, I didn't.
Read MoreThis week, Ashleigh Barty, the number-one ranked women's tennis player in the world, announced her retirement from the sport at age twenty-five.
It made international headlines. Who quits at the top?
Barty said that she knows all too well what it takes to bring out her best, and she doesn't want to do it anymore. She doesn't have the drive.
Read MoreA friend of mine has three beautiful children, including a newborn.
She already has a PhD, but now she's going for an MBA.
My friend also lives in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Understandably, this friend is a bit stressed out. But I'd be completely unable to offer advice to help her reduce the stress in her life.
Read MoreAs part of our program for The Little Middle School and The Rulerless School, we’re making use of an online learning platform for certain topics.
For each lesson of this program, there is an explanation, written in the format of a graphic novel. There is also a short video.
Some students read the explanation and watch the video, and then they are able to successfully complete the lesson. Others go directly to the lesson. Unsurprisingly, they get stuck.
Read MoreI have always enjoyed card games and board games, from the long summer afternoons spent playing Spit and Spite & Malice with my siblings and cousins to the more recent winter evenings engaging in Euro-style games like Dominion, Catan, and 7 Wonders (again with siblings and cousins, plus friends and in-laws!). Within a game, you create a little world that is continually subjected to outside forces you must reckon with — a cozy version of actual life.
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