Health, Wellness & Enjoyment

The Measure of Success

Success, to me, is almost too vague of a word to have any real definitive meaning or value without having any clear metrics in place for measuring it. Just a few days ago I was enjoying dinner with a forest ecologist and a sociologist (no, this is not the set-up for a joke). The conversation… Continue reading The Measure of Success

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2012 Sweet Pea’s Annual Blog Report

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's the rundown: ♥ The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,400 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. ♥ In 2012,… Continue reading 2012 Sweet Pea’s Annual Blog Report

Health, Wellness & Enjoyment

Why in the heck do I blog?

Personal writing in the public eye requires thoughtful wording, courage in your convictions, and a willingness to take some knocks along the way, even from people you've never met before. For me it's not about self-affirmation or to show people just how wonderfully exciting my life is (that would definitely not be the case). I… Continue reading Why in the heck do I blog?