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69 and leaving…

March 25th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, My Goals, Quote of the Week, retirement, time, Work

From 10 reasons why some people love what they do… “6. They will stay…but just know, they’ll also leave. Why will they leave? Because for people who love what they do, organizations are important–since they provide the infrastructure to do that which fuels their fire–but no single organization has a monopoly on providing that fuel, […]

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83 and markers

March 14th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, time, Work

How will I know it’s spring break?  How will I know it’s the weekend, or summer time, or winter break?  My entire work career, basically the majority of my entire adult life has been built around the academic calendar.  First as a young mother with children off to child care centers, and preschools, and school; […]

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85 days and a phone

March 10th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, Work

Memo: I have not phoned it in. Today I went to the All College Meeting.  It likely occurs at other colleges as well, but once a month, many of the faculty and staff gather for an hour at lunch in our lecture hall.  The President fills us in on current economic news (as we are […]

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88 days and adventure

March 5th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, family, Important People, Musings, My Goals, retirement, time, Volunteer, Work

I work with the nicest of folks.  On my way out of the building today, I saw one of the Psychology faculty and commented on how little I’d managed to see her this semester, even though she and I are only about six offices apart.   It turns out she has quite a heavy teaching load […]

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90 days and laughter

March 4th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Work

Today a colleague stopped by to ask how I was doing, and to find out how I was feeling about my approaching retirement. I said in reply, “There’s a lot of lasts.” He answered, “I’m so glad there are a lot of laughs!” Yep, you know, you’re right, there’s a lot of laughs too! Best […]

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