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Monthly Archives: December 2023

The Thing We All Miss About Ted Lasso

For WritersBy Kate TiltonDecember 17, 20231 Comment

There’s a scene where Ted is talking about why he likes coaching and someone (I believe it was Trent) makes a really tense point that these athletes he’s coaching aren’t kids. They’re fully grown adults who are being paid a lot of money to do what they do. And of course, they’re not wrong. But.…

When I feel incompetent

For WritersBy Kate TiltonDecember 11, 2023Leave a comment

Lately, I’ve had to deal with feeling incompetent a lot of the time, and this often happens to me during transitions, but I had a particular experience today that I think might be helpful. And I want to share it, in case it is for you. I’ve been a pianist my entire life (my earliest…

We’re not playing that game anymore.

For WritersBy Kate TiltonDecember 5, 2023Leave a comment

We’re not playing that game anymore. Some of you really won’t like what I’m about to say because you want to think you’re so in charge of your own behavior all the time (and Godspeed to you, my friend). But the reason Strengths work as an alignment tool, or the reason Enneagram works as an…

Do you get joy pennies from planning vacations?

For WritersBy Kate TiltonDecember 1, 20231 Comment

Do you get joy pennies from planning vacations? If no, what about a vacation gives you the most joy pennies? And if yes, what part specifically gives you the pennies? I’m planning two different vacations with two different groups of people. One where we’re all high in Futuristic, and one high Context. My Context friend…

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