ROMANTICS (#1) As a Romantic, your rich interior life of thoughts and feelings contributes wisdom and meaning to others’ worlds. You may feel a certain melancholy, but you also have a vision of how to make life more significant and elegant. Since you value authenticity, you express your moods honestly, whether they are sad, mad,… Continue reading The Career Within You by Elizabeth Wagele and Ingrid Stabb
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Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
Our rooms shape our thoughts, and our possessions change our moods. It can be challenging to influence our thoughts and actions directly; by improving the state of our surroundings, we can improve our state of mind. Because our minds feed on the experience of our five senses, pleasing our senses raises our spirits. Thoughts That… Continue reading Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
Letting People In
“Oh well. There was no way we weren’t going to entertain, including inviting people we barely knew (which, in the beginning, meant most of the time). Sometimes it takes guts, but I stand firm by the conviction that if we want friends in life then we have to be prepared to let people see our… Continue reading Letting People In
A New House
Buyer’s remorse is a very common affliction among new homeowners. Just because you have a sudden urge to weep, that doesn’t mean you’ve made a mistake. Everybody knows old houses have their quirks. Especially 200-year-old houses. I have inherited empty wine bottles, one grape every issue of “La Nazione”… Continue reading A New House
When Battery Park City was a wheat field in 1982
In 1982, the artist Agnes Denes planted two acres of wheat on landfill that would become Battery Park City…