I have discovered the antidote to feeling inadequate, and it is the Bell Curve. For those of you lucky enough to never have to sit through Probabilities and Statistics, the bell curve is a visual representation of data where the line peaks in the middle and then slopes toward each end. Like a mountain. What…
Tag: Monday Musings
Monday Musing: Six Tips for When A Friendship Ends
Once upon a time, I had a really close friend. She was one of the first people who “got” me, and as such I felt truly comfortable sharing my insecurities and fears with her. Then she dumped me. Where once we emailed back and forth several times a day, my emails were suddenly ignored. It wasn’t…
Monday Musings: Review – Killer by Nature, an Audible Original Production
I’ve developed a real liking for audio books over the past few years. Back when I was making the weekly six hour drive to my mother’s house, things like podcasts and audio books made the trips fly by. There, I was super excited when this year, for Christmas, Captain Pete bought me a copy of…
Five Things I’ve Learned from Selling Books Part Time
As you may or may not know, last month I took a part-time job at Barnes & Noble. With the next being completely empty these days, I was finding myself growing lonely. Working at home is great, but working at home alone twelve hours a day is also very isolating. I found myself longing…
Words for 2018: Acceptance and Attitude
Happy 2018 and welcome to a Tuesday edition of Monday Musings. Clearly, I’m starting the year off on schedule. But then, being a day behind is pretty much my modus operandi. In fact, maybe I should make it my tagline – Barb Wallace – A Day Late. It has potential. I mentioned last week that…
Building a Better Mental Ecosystem, Part 2. Why?
Last week I talked – again – about building a better mental ecosystem. I figured I ought to tell you why the idea is so important to me. Warning: I’m about to do a crap-load of oversharing here. Read on at your own risk. I’m going through a bit of an identity crisis at the…