I stood on this vista point near Solvang yesterday, and I thought to myself: This is amazing. This is beautiful. I feel so incredibly free. I’m alone here on this outlook communing with nature. I’m just going to stand here alone and breathe this in. Alone… and it’s a really severe drop off this breathtaking
I think that the most successful people are not always the most innovative so much as the people best able to communicate why people need this new product, service or concept that has likely existed in other forms. Sadly, I’m always a step behind. For instance, the other night I mentioned to Pen that someone
As will be a surprise to absolutely no one, I have difficulty being assertive in certain situations. At work, I had no problem expressing my opinion in relation to work matters. I had confidence in my abilities. Unfortunately, in social or personal situations, I am often unable to express myself. While I did go to
At a recent wine club gathering (look at me being social!), the conversation turned to books we’ve read, ones we should have read and the “classics” that have disappointed. For instance, I can’t figure out why Wuthering Heights, Portnoy’s Complaint, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, or The French Lieutenant’s Woman are absolute musts, though I have sneaking
Part of the new life/get a life year plan involved a little bit of travel and a lot of exploration. To go along with that plan, I’ve started a second blog that will focus on those travel plans, sights and sounds. If you are curious, this is where it will be: http://openroadahead.wordpress.com/ Never fear, I
Blue skies, The Commitments on the radio and open road in front of me… Destination: AnywhereEast or West, I don’t care
I’m in a bar in a hotel in San Diego. I’d like to be able to tell you why I’m here, but that part isn’t quite so clear to me. It started innocently enough, as these things often do. I was having lunch with Pen, and we were having a discussion about passion. I’m reading
On a normal day from my past life, I would be very unhappy right about now. It is raining in Los Angeles—this never bodes well. People can’t drive in it. I don’t park close to my apartment, and I really have lost my tolerance for being out in it. If this had happened a year
I’m not going to lie. When I took the year off, I had a lot of vague notions about how the year would go. Clearly, twenty minutes after I quit, I would be offered my own television series, movie franchise or multi-book publishing deal. A month later, I was supposed to be voted most powerful
Earlier today a friend said, “Oh dating guru, Kate, could you please pass on a tiny nugget of your relationship wisdom?” Or, you know, something really close to that. Because I’m a benevolent soul with vast (read: singular) experience in the matters of the heart, I will now give you one of my top ten