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The Nightstand - what I'm reading

I'm the person with at least five books on the nightstand and one on audio in the queue. What I pick up depends entirely on my mood (and what I'm needing) — and it only takes reading a few sentences back to catch the thread, or rewinding a minute to find where the author was headed.


Audio — Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club

Pod Casts — How to Decorate by Ballard Design

Book - I'm in the Libby que for a couple of Jennifer Egan books

In the Margins - what I'm avoiding

Well, I've gone from avoiding what needs to be done in the house to downright obsessing and overanalyzing. 

Which creates an issue - avoidance due to too much information.

Funny how that works.

On My Mind - what I'm wondering

Someone asked me today whether getting outwardly angry is ever okay in professional relationships. Truth is, I don’t know.


What I do know: no matter the relationship, walking into a conversation carrying anger rarely goes well. The anger is what gets remembered — and the message I actually wanted to convey never gets heard.

Anger is a useful emotion. And I can see how both ends of the spectrum — too much and not enough — carry their own burdens.


Still turning this one over.

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