Monday Musings 23 October: Juggling 101
You don’t have to be all things to all people. I love these 10 words. They serve as a mantra when I’m overwhelmed and stretched out like a sticky rubber band trying to please everyone and on the verge of snapping. I’m certainly not the only one who feels this tension. It’s in no small […]
Monday Musings 16 October 2023: The future of writers – according to ChatGPT
The recent Writers Guild of America strike cast a spotlight on the future of all writers, not only the scribes ensconced in Hollywood. Among the central issues were concerns about redundancy and exploitation. In their usual contractual negotiations that take place every three years, writers had asked studios not to use AI-generated scripts but the […]
Monday Musings 2 October: Musing on our search for meaning
What ARE we searching for? For now, scrap looking for the car keys or the answer to your existential crisis. We’re talking about those questions we pose to man’s other best friend – Google. Heard of Google Trends? Not only is it a nifty research tool for the serious stuff (work and, like, life stuff), […]
Monday Musings 4 September: What Learning a New Skill Can Teach You About Life
Two years ago, I bought myself a guitar. I’d chewed over the idea of learning to play for a couple of months and finally decided it would be a good hobby to pick up (as if hiking, target shooting, gardening, and painting weren’t enough). You must understand that my parents encouraged us to get into […]
Monday Musings 21 August: Aliens on earth and humans in space
Recently I got schooled by my eight-year-old nephew on the subject of – aliens. He gave me a comprehensive lesson on the types of aliens, their motives, their spacecrafts, the aggressive kind of aliens (apparently found in Mexico and the USA), and the friendly kind. “Do you know where you can find the Friendly Aliens?” […]
Monday Musings 14 August: People make the place
As the Good Things Guy keeps reminding us, South Africa is a very special place. Reading Brent’s post this week about how his website started, got me thinking about our one-of-a-kind people, including my precious group of “forever friends”, all born and raised here. These are friendships forged “a hundred years ago” – in primary […]
Monday Musings 31 July: Barbie or Ken – are you your everything?
If you go down to the movies today, no doubt you’ll see one of two flicks: Barbie or Oppenheimer. The simultaneous release of these two highly anticipated blockbuster films sparked the Barbenheimer phenomenon sweeping the world wide web and social media. (Fun fact: did you know that the word Barbenheimer – a combination of the two […]
Monday Musings 3 July: Turning The Mid-Year Slump into A Second Wind
We’ve officially crossed the half-year mark. All the generous public holidays that bled into weekends are behind us. With only a small reprieve in the form of Women’s Day and Heritage Day (which in fairness, does deliver a long weekend), a lot of us will be thinking ahead to the end of the year. Add […]
