“Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.” -Dune, by Frank Herbert I am afraid of so many things. I am afraid of death, my own and others’. I am afraid of incompletion. I am afraid of bad health. I am afraid one day I’ll try to get out of bed [...]
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Fear, the Mind Killer
Posted in Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, courage, Dune, fear, taking risks on May 17, 2012 | 4 Comments »
The Monster Inside
Posted in Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, Dexter, monsters, vampires, Where the Wild Things Are on May 10, 2012 | 4 Comments »
When I was in Seattle, I bought a vampire T-shirt. It’s a flattering light blue, nice soft cotton, and on the front there’s a picture of a woman, her mouth surrounded by red blood. It is my new favorite T-shirt, even more so than the Star Wars one of Princess Leia saying, “Don’t call me [...]
Following Your Passion, Your Own Way
Posted in Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, careers, nonconformist, Passion, personal development, priorities on May 1, 2012 | 10 Comments »
When I was in high school, I was very jealous of my classmates who already knew what they were going to do with their lives. My father knew from childhood he wanted to be a scientist. He went straight from college to a PhD program in chemistry, and from there worked for a total of [...]
Dedication of an Earthquake to my Mother
Posted in Grief, Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, change, death, grief, Mom, people pleaser, priorities, taking risks, travel on April 26, 2012 | 7 Comments »
It’s the end of April, April 26th, to be exact, and as always on this day, my thoughts are with my mom. Her death at age fifty really brought home to me the reality of mortality. All things must end. We have a finite amount of time. It made me realize how important it is [...]
I Want to Rule the World
Posted in Life, Society, tagged ambition, Amy Sundberg, priorities, success on April 17, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Okay, no, not really. What I really want to do is talk about ambition and different definitions of success. I talk a lot about priorities, and ultimately our priorities hinge on our own personal definitions of success. In order to set priorities that work for you, you have to know what you want. Sometimes this [...]
A Highly Intelligent Woman Speaks Out
Posted in Life, Society, tagged Amy Sundberg, Backbone Project, feminism, giftedness, high IQ, impostor syndrome, intelligence, smart women on April 12, 2012 | 73 Comments »
On Tuesday I read a blog post in which a female blogger made a list of people in her acquaintance she’d put in charge of governing society if she was a monarch. All the people on her list were male. When called on this fact in the comments, she mentioned one woman she knew who [...]
Let’s Kick Self Loathing Where It Hurts
Posted in Life, Personal Development, tagged acceptance, Amy Sundberg, bragging, courage, nonconformist, personal development, positivity, practice, self esteem, self respect on April 5, 2012 | 46 Comments »
Elizabeth Bear recently wrote an essay in which she stated her intention to try not to self-denigrate herself out loud. You should go read it because it is thought-provoking and also because she references Sondheim in an awesome way, and who doesn’t love that? That being said, it was a painful essay to read, at [...]
Why I’m Glad I Live in the 21st Century
Posted in Life, Society, tagged 21st century, Amy Sundberg, At Home, Bill Bryson, book love, gratitude on March 22, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been reading Bill Bryson’s most recent book, At Home, which I wanted for months and then received for Christmas (and even then, it took me another couple of months to get to it, which goes to show how out-of-control my to-read stack has gotten). Its subtitle is “A Short History of Private Life,” and [...]
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