summer pie eating in ann arbor.
it’s kind of a sport.
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“so the pie isn’t perfect? cut it into wedges.
stay in control, and never panic.”
-martha stewart
Aug14
Aug13
ups and downs.
you know that feeling
when you fall down
on the trampoline
and keep trying to get up
but everyone keeps jumping
and you keep bouncing
and then all of you
start belly-laughing
and keep belly-laughing
and cannot stop?
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“life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward.”
-frank lowy
Aug12
going nowhere.
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credits: Rebecca Rupp, author – the dragon of lonely island , candlewick press
Aug11
in the street.
on the night before
the Barcelona – Napoli soccer match
takes place in the stadium
the streets close to cars
and open
only to people
who celebrate
with food and drinks
and especially music
as martha reeves
belts it out
under the stars
for the happy crowd.
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‘i will always dance in the street.’
-martha reeves
Aug10
happiness expert.
the following job title popped up on my alumni website
and made me curious to learn just what a ‘happiness expert’ is exactly.
now that I know, I think that my definition is a very different one
though you can never have too much happiness.
Happiness Expert
Full-Time Position
Description
We do more than just provide a software product to our campus partners. We provide a full experience to ensure their happiness and success, and you’ll be right there with them along the way as their own personal expert.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop a lasting rapport with our campus partners, from coordinators to directors, deans to vice presidents, and beyond
- Learn the unique needs and challenges of each campus that you work with and develop strategies that are centered around our solutions to address them
- Manage the orientation process for campuses using our frameworks and learning outcomes, while infusing your own unique experiences
- Help out our Happiness Allies by responding quickly and accurately to inbound conversations from our campus partners to answer their questions, complete with plenty of emojis and GIFs
- Efficiently solve problems that users encounter by recreating them in a test environment
- Ensure the quality and functionality of our software by completing user testing of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes (you’ll be the first to see all of the cool new stuff we’re building!)
- Facilitate customer growth and success by staying up-to-date on current trends in higher education.
- Created with Passion by Former Practitioners – We help student affairs professionals and student leaders on college and university campuses across the world create better communities, campus cultures, and student experiences. As former student affairs professionals and involved student leaders, we have a deep understanding of the industry and its most chronic problems. We’ve lived them! We’re growing fast, and would love your help making it happen!
Qualifications- You just might be our next Happiness Expert, if:
You have:
• Worked on campus as a student leader
• An intimate understanding of, and passion for, our software and the problems it solves
• An affinity for all things technology. You love to be the first to try out shiny new software
• An uncanny ability to develop and maintain relationships with your new best friends (aka our partner institutions)
• The desire and ability to work with all types of people, both on your team and with our campus partners
And you:
• Are a great listener, challenge the industry status quo, and question everything
• Have an open mind — you love trying new things, generating new ideas, and don’t mind failing
• Get excited by meeting and talking to new people, building relationships, and helping out
• Have an exceptional eye for organization in everything that you do
• Regularly self-reflect, practice self-awareness, self-motivation, and setting strategy
• Take joy and pride in setting and exceeding goals
• Are excited to push our growth forward!
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“some cause happiness wherever they go,
some cause happiness whenever they go.”
-oscar wilde
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Aug9
so old and wise.
About Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
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Katherine Rundell says – “There’s something particular about children’s fiction, that can open up new perspectives for adults. The best children’s fiction “helps us refind things we may not even know we have lost”, taking us back to a time when “new discoveries came daily and when the world was colossal, before the imagination was trimmed and neatened…” There’s also something instructive in reading books that, as Rundell points out, are “specifically written to be read by a section of society without political or economic power”. In an age whose political ructions are the result of widespread frustration at the powerlessness of the many in the face of the few, this recognition of how emboldening and subversive children’s books can be feels important.” – Book Riot -Jamie Canaves
Yes to always making time to read children’s books, no matter how old or wise we may get – or think we are.
Aug8
bobsticle.
another of roald’s perfectly created words.
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image credit: roalddahl.com
Aug7
make a difference.
neighborhood resource fair serving detroit and hamtramck residents.
*GLOBAL DETROIT is a nonprofit regional economic development initiative that believes immigrants and refugees are critical to job creation, regional growth, and prosperity. Global Detroit is revitalizing Metro Detroit’s economy by mobilizing its immigrant potential. We are an innovator and expert in connecting international talent with regional businesses’ unmet talent needs, catalyzing the growth and development of immigrant entrepreneurs, revitalizing neighborhoods, and building a globally-competitive and inclusive region.
In addition to our local efforts, Global Detroit has spearheaded the creation of the Welcoming Economies Global Network (WE Global), a ten-state regional collaborative
of 20 peer local immigrant economic development initiatives across the Rust Belt. WE Global Network is a project of Welcoming America, run in partnership with Global Detroit.
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“make a difference about something other than yourselves.”
-toni morrison
thank you Toni Morrison, for your many inspirational words.
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credits: *global detroit (image and story), WE global
Aug6
please touch.
‘PLEASE TOUCH’
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Aug5
too much.
“there is too much bad news to justify complacency
there is too much good news to justify despair.”
-donella meadows
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image credit: bizjournals, dirk rietschel
