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 [...]
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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 Instead it’s sort of like desert hibernation: I withdrawn into myself [...]
We Don’t Have to do it Your Way
I was having lunch with a friend the other day and as our nearly one year old boys toddled around her house, we got to chewing the salads and also the fat of life as close friends (and it must be said, women) do. Everything from business ideas to family drama was on the table [...]
How to Make Qatari Friends: Part Three
We’ve been discussing the relationships between Qataris and expats for a few weeks and I’ve tried to pose some new angles to lamentation: “I’ve never been inside a Qatari house.” The reasons for this are many, but in the last two weeks, we’ve touched on a few key areas. First: Expats in general do not [...]
When you’re married…
Tonight and many days and nights since I said "I do" to my husband of almost three years, I had a glimpse backward into the days of before. Before I was married. Before I made it to the end of the journey of obtaining a man. I have written elsewhere on the blog about how much social pressure [...]
Learning when not to be helpful
“No good deed goes unpunished.” I heard twice this semester while trying to help a friend/colleague with a project. While being encouraging, resourceful, and generous, I heard this pithy statement when things didn’t go according to plan. Imagine my surprise, as an almost thirty year old, to learn that not everyone in the world appreciates [...]
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