Author: Tara May

Humbled: Growing Old With Independence

Humbled: Growing Old With Independence

Posted by | Mar 16, 2015 | | 0 |

This past fall, I spent two weeks taking care of my elderly grandmother. She lives in the Canyons of Southern California, with no Internet and limited cell phone service, so I had a lot of time to think. Watching Grandma go through her ordeal showed me how nothing humbles a person like illness or injury, and how hard it is for some of us—especially those with fierce independence—to depend on others. Grandma is normally very healthy and active, and she’s young for her 82 years. She’s been largely injury-free, until she was unlucky enough to fall on a department...

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Off the Deep End: Saying Yes to Crazy

Off the Deep End: Saying Yes to Crazy

Posted by | Mar 2, 2015 | | 0 |

Are we supposed to stop dreaming as we grow older? What if we never allowed ourselves to dream while we were young? What if we followed the rules all that time, and it's only now we have the means—the time, maybe the money, and the guts—to do something we've always wanted to do? Shouldn't we do it, age be damned? I think so. A friend of mine recently got called in for an interview with SouthWest Airlines as a flight attendant. He was excited about the opportunity, but his excitement was checked by reservations. He's 46, see, and wondering...

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Lost in Transition: Embracing Uncertainty

Lost in Transition: Embracing Uncertainty

Posted by | Feb 16, 2015 | , | 0 |

Our propensity for predictability means that going through transition can be a very scary and difficult experience. Our natural instinct is to cling to what is familiar, even if we know that the alternative is better for us and will make us happier. I’ve had a lot of experience with transition over the past few years. Some of it was unexpected and unavoidable, but most of it was of my own doing. I wanted to get out of the rut I’d allowed myself to fall into. I wanted to see what it felt like to change the routine, take...

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Creativity vs. Burnout: Finding Your Pressure Point

Creativity vs. Burnout: Finding Your Pressure Point

Posted by | Feb 2, 2015 | | 0 |

There are a lot of people who will tell you that working under the pressure of a deadline will allow you to produce more results—better results, even. It’s part of the reason why they tell you to set a date for that project you’ve been working on, or to set time limits for working in short, creative spurts. There is some sense in the theory. For any of you who have been down to the wire, working frantically to finish a project, having found yourself suddenly out of time (rather than artificially creating the scenario for yourself), you know...

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I Go Walkin’ After Midnight: A New Experience With an Old Love

I Go Walkin’ After Midnight: A New Experience With an Old Love

Posted by | Jan 19, 2015 | | 0 |

I used to go on nature hikes when I was a kid. The best hikes were the ones we went on after dark. “Midnight hikes,” my camp counselors would call them, even though I doubt they started any later than 8pm, and were probably done by 9:30pm. But that didn’t matter. To a kid who was used to being in bed early, those hikes were magic. When I think back to those hikes, I remember what I loved about them: the chill in the air—not too cold, because it was summer, but just cool enough to remind you that...

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