January 2012 marks my return to a place I prepared for academically but never mentally: teaching university students. I went from undergrad straight into graduate school and then on to finish a PhD. Along the way I lost sight of what I really wanted because of the grumpy academics that lined the walls of the [...]
Tag Archives: emotions
My Ratio is Off. Is Yours?
My ratio is off. And I’m not talking about the 34-26-34 measurements that rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot made so famous (though I could very well be but that’s another blog post for another time) . I’m talking about my positivity ratio. Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, a woman who has spent twenty years researching the effect of thinking [...]
Fasting from Friends?
I love Ramadan, have from the first time I experienced it in Qatar. The fact many places are closed in the middle of the day removes the temptation to run around the city in an exhaust induced daze, wilting from heat and hating humanity. Instead it’s sort of like desert hibernation: I withdrawn into myself [...]
Bunnies, Eggs, Pastels, and Hope?
It’s going to be Easter in a few days; that celebrate not only of egg shaped candy and furry rabbits, but the new life and resurrection. I confess I’m feeling in dire need of all the symbols of Easter this year to lift my spirits: the candy, the bright pastels, the soft plush toys. And [...]
A Short History of Two across Four Houses in Five Years and now: Nanny Makes Three
We’ve lived in the Middle East for five years and not really ever cleaned our own house. Now that we have our first live-in nanny/domestic, it doesn’t seem like we ever will. First there was no need to clean much when I was single because I only used two of the five rooms in my [...]
Lack of commitment continues
Elsewhere on this blog I’ve talked about the challenges of living in a transient community – a revolving door of a place where no one is really here but merely on their way to somewhere else (http://mohanalakshmi.livejournal.com/tag/culture). What’s surprising is that the lack of community or sense of connection also comes from the nationals.Recently I confronted this reality [...]
What matters… a different kind of list
Making a list is a great way to keep track of what needs doing. It’s also a quck and easy way to jot down what might be on your mind. Here’s a list from a workshop I was in this afternoon. A list of what matters as of 1:45 KSA time: Sunny days Happiness Good [...]
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