When we stop to admire a flower, are we doing nothing? Does doing nothing really mean doing nothing? More than just a frame of mind, it is also a decision. Ironically, there are many ways to do nothing. However, in most instances, to really put oneself in a “nothing” frame of mind, these three actions…
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Nothing to Do? Here’s Ten Tips to Help with Boredom
Do you ever just feel bored? I had a conversation with a colleague last week wondering aloud what my day would look like if I had nothing to do. It was an ironic question because I am an advocate for solitude despite a too-busy schedule. However, there is a difference between appreciating alone time and…
Appreciating Loneliness: Three Benefits of Being Alone
From the news media to Twitter, we hear complaints of firecracker noise. Fireworks seem to be lighting up the skies across the nation. Are people looking for bright spots during so many days of social isolation? Fireworks can be a break from the alone time experienced during this pandemic. Taking a journey within through mindfulness, gratitude, and creative visualization, one…
Music and the Boston Athenaeum
As an academic member of the Boston Athenaeum, through my appointment at Suffolk University, Department of English, I often find myself attending concerts there. Although the Athenaeum is a private institution, concerts are open to the public. Here is a sample of some of the pieces I have written to give you a flavor of…
The Disappointment Dilemma
The Disappointment Dilemma Disappointment can be a fleeting feeling or it can be haunting. This failure of expectation is perplexing because in most situations another person is involved that shatters one’s hopes or expectations. Remember the senior prom and the excitement of picking out the perfect dress? Then the feelings that flooded you…
Tom Cruise links to hold
Have you read these Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes articles with original links? Katie Holmes, Nicole Kidman foil Tom Cruise Scientology plan for Suri Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes divorce shows rich Scientologist is cheap Suri at Cinderella’s castle: A Tom Cruise Scientology win-back plan For the Twilight couple series, here are the updates. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart…
Dear Twitter Friends
To all of my Twitterville friends — thank you for smiles and mentions while I retreated this month to live the nursing home experience with our 93-year-old mother. She continues to remain a lively challenge who appears to have nine lives. Then came the Boston Marathon tragedy at Copley Square, where I change trains to…
Is It All In Our Minds? Memory and Aging
If stars always shine, can we keep sparkling in an aging world? Published on November 16, 2012by Rita Watson in With Love and Gratitude There has been talk these days in San Diegoabout the relationship between the recent solar eclipse, the earth’s magnetic field flip-flop, and forgetfulness. While many of us would like to point to atmospheric conditions…
Baby Boomers: Start Turning Nursing Homes Upside Down/ Psychology Today
Today’s nursing homes are designed for fish not people. Published on January 7, 2013by Rita Watson in With Love and Gratitude If the generation that grew up with the Beatles, the Grateful Dead, and Woodstock is to live out the last chapter of their lives in nursing homes, then there will have to be some changes made. Whenever I…
Gerontological Society of America/ New America Media and Nursing Home contents
As a MetLife Foundation Journalist in Aging Program, through the Gerontological Society of American and New American Media — my articles published in the Providence Journal and Psychology Today are reprinted with artwork. Here are the articles on the NAM website in a format that is full of additional articles and resources by writers on…