The Resolute Woman

Category: goals

  • Do you feel significant?

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    During a class that I attended last summer, the teacher said that he believes that the central issue for all of us is the need to feel significant. Fayteen and I have been thinking about the importance of feeling significant. We’ve decided that whether or not we’re feeling significant makes a big difference in our…

  • Can money buy happiness?

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    Maybe, answers Time magazine in its October 10, 2011, issue. But buying things like a new car makes you happy “only in the moment,” warns Michael Norton, a Harvard Business School professor, who researches the psychology of happiness. Spending on experiences like leisure and travel or on friends and loved ones can bring longer-term happiness.…

  • Some advice from Steve Jobs

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    We heard a news clip from a speech Steve Jobs made at commencement at Stanford University in June 2005—and, of course, it was easy to find a transcript of the speech online. His advice is worth repeating: When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as…

  • Making a healthy decision

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    How did I lose 29 pounds this year? I have a gene that pre-disposes me to diabetes. After talking to my doctor, I decided that I need to treat myself like a person who is pre-diabetic if I want to be healthy and live a long life. I knew that I needed to lose some…

  • Moving day—and moving day again

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    I finished helping my son Jay move into his college apartment, which is on the second floor up a steep staircase, just in time to help my daughter Mary Elizabeth move into her new apartment, which is on the second floor up an even steeper staircase. Plus, Mary Elizabeth’s apartment is on the back side…

  • Happy 104th Birthday, Ola!

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    I stopped to visit my husband’s Aunt Ola a few days before her 104th birthday. Ola, dressed in a bright red pants and sweater, was sitting on the bench outside her independent-living apartment. She greeted me with a twinkle in her eye and a  big smile and immediately started asking me for reports on my…

  • Do you have any holes to fill?

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    Jane Pauley, the award-winning journalist, passes on some advice she received from a graduate student. Here is the student’s advice: “Somewhere in our childhood is a gaping hole. Fill this hole. This is the time to experience the world beyond.” In an article in a recent issue of the AARP Magazine, Pauley suggests that we’re…

  • Focus on your pride

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    When we go out to eat, should we think about how bad we feel if we eat the fried fish, French fries and chocolate cake? Or, should we consider how good we’ll feel if we eat the baked fish and steamed vegetables? Focus on your pride, advises Deborah Macinnis, vice dean for research and strategy…

  • Is it time to update your story?

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    I just had a root canal. It was my second root canal. The first time I had to have the procedure done, I got a little dramatic. It wasn’t the most pleasant event, of course. I felt panicked and was sure that I was going to suffocate. I went home and told my husband Jerry…

  • What makes you feel fulfilled?

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    Most women say that, while their husbands and children make them happy, their primary sense of fulfillment comes from being personally satisfied and independent. That’s the conclusion of a Ladies’ Home Journal poll of American women. The poll of 1,000 American women was conducted by Michael J. Berland, president of polling and the research firm…