Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • I hadn’t realized it has been so long since I last posted. Guess I have been busy and taking some space to enjoy life whilst processing next steps. This space will, as I am constantly saying, become more active soon. My plan is to return to more regular scheduled programming upon my return to the desert and have a chance to re-establish routine to my life. 😀 It will most likely happen this…

  • In every heart there is a dream In every eye there is a hope In every mind there is a way for it all to come true.  In every child there is an innocence In every woman there is an intuition In every man there is an instinct  for it all to come true  We dare to dream We hold to hope We work to a way  for innocence, intuition and instinct  to…

  • For a while now I have been considering getting a new car because my lovely Materia has spent the last six years getting bullied on the UAE roads. In general I have a thing against buying used cars in this country since people tend to abuse their cars and then lie about the usage. Also, not to be too racist, but there are certain groups of people here whom cannot be trusted. Still,…

  • The importance of space and time is often so misunderstood and under-appreciated. If I say that I’m an introvert to an extrovert, they may think that I’m just being selfish and giving myself a ‘title’ to justify it. Yet, an extrovert who needs to be social without an interest in space and time will never deem him/herself as selfish or justified. It’s just ‘normal’. While I do not philosophically believe in ‘all are…

  • I am exhausted…that’s truly an understatement. I thought I was doing okay in balancing my life out, but it seems that isn’t the case. It is affecting just about all parts of my life, which is not great, though I think work benefits the most. So, this picture nicely illustrates how I’m doing…balancing it all somehow on a very unstable point…It is best that I find a way to do better before it…

  • I am working on my routine and life away from being ‘a PhD student’. It’s progressing well overall, though I still have a few loose ends to tie up with withdrawing from the university and putting together what I need to do to get an article (or two) or book chapter out of what I have. Work is keeping me very busy and this week is going to be a bit stressful as…

  •   So, my second to last post had me all optimistic about finding a way to make my dissertation happen. Then, spring break came and went. During spring break, I determined that I would go to a coach and figure out how to get my motivation going to finish the degree. So, this weekend, I went to see Lisa Laws, as she came highly recommended and I wanted to go to someone I didn’t…

  • My parents have hit the full retirement life and spent the last four months in their ‘winter’ home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. So, I decided to go for a visit during my spring break this year to see what the fuss is all about. Well, let me tell you – it was excellent and I definitely see why they chose to live there. There’s tons to do and the weather is fantastic.…

  • While I’m on the topic of writing and understanding my calling, let me now address a greater dilemma that’s been going on in my head for a few weeks now. This freakin’ dissertation! 😐 When I started my quest for a PhD, I wanted to ensure my employability in Japan for a tenure position and not face a constant battle of renewing contracts every three years. Plus, in academia it’s cool to be…

  • The way that I manage to get a lot of reading done aside from a few pages before bed is by exercising on the treadmill. Lately, the weather has been rather grey and windy as the heat slowly moves into the city, so I’ve been back on the ‘mill to burn off the days’ tensions. Although I was just doing yoga twice a week and it seemed enough, I’ve realized that isn’t actually…

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