Cultivating New Habits
27 August 2015
Janie read Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin to learn about Rubin’s research on habit formation and, in particular, why some people find establishing habits much easier than others.
Overwork Doesn’t Work So Why Can’t We Stop?
25 August 2015
Allison read The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies by Sarah Green Carmichael and appreciated an excellent summary of why overwork doesn’t work as well as the writer’s thoughts on why we can’t seem to stop.
In Remembrance of Julian Bond
18 August 2015
Allison read many tributes to Julian Bond in the days after his death on 15 August 2015 and pondered what she could do in an effort to celebrate his life and continue to build on the things he taught her.
In Support of Longhand
11 August 2015
Allison read What You Miss When You Take Notes on Your Laptop by Maggy McGloin and appreciated this research as children get ready to go back to school and grown-ups try to retain important information at work.
What Should We Do?
4 August 2015
Allison watched James Taylor and the Lowcountry Voices from Charleston, SC, pay tribute to the nine people shot and killed at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on 17 June 2015. Then she read March: Book Two, a graphic novel about the Civil Rights Movement by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, and wondered, “What should we do?”
