How many of you are planning to travel over the next weeks or months? Whether it’s trying to take advantage of holiday time off, or obligations to see family during this time of year, it seems that many people hit the road in November and December and they’re not always regular travelers. It’s a fun …
Gift-giving season is challenging. Put aside the whole showing up at the present exchange part that we talked about yesterday. There are a lot of expectations wrapped up (see what I did there?) in who you should be shopping for and how much you should spend, not to mention exactly how much thought and effort …
It’s lasted about a decade, but we’re finally heading in to the home stretch of 2020. The end of this year, like every other, has a number of hurdles and checklist items. One is the never-ending pressure to get together with family, friends, and co-workers as you celebrate the various holidays. Whether you like them …
From a personal protection training perspective, one of the great things about the pandemic is that more instructors are putting their lecture classes online. We’re also seeing more live classes through Zoom and other platforms too. I love them because I can participate from home, often can access a recording for some period of time …
This is me after my latest Brazilian jiu-jitsu, BJJ, class. I was exhausted and a bit beat up. Everyone I’d partnered with was larger than me. It was the first time I’d been in since my back procedure and it was a bit rough. I started BJJ for a couple of reasons, largely centered around …
Hey, I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to talk election today. In fact, I’m hoping to skip out on relevant news entirely until later this week, or at least as much as I can without cutting myself off from the world entirely. There are going to be an awful lot of people …
In case you’ve been living under a rock, under another rock, with no phone lines or Internet: first, I have no idea how you’re reading this, but I appreciate the effort. Second, tomorrow is Election Day here in the United States. An awful lot of you have probably early voted in some way, but I …
Happy Halloween! Whether or not you have kids or celebrate the occasion, Halloween is certainly a holiday that will touch your life in some way. This year is a little different from most, and not just because of the full moon and the end of this year’s daylight savings time making the night extra long. …
Women, people, tend to be tougher on themselves than anybody else. As snarky as we may be about others, especially strangers, the inside voice that we share with nobody else mocks us even more. It tells us that we’re bad at everything we try to do, that we’re barely treading water and will sink like …
Violent protests broke out again in Philadelphia last night, following an officer-involved shooting death. The details are important for future justice, but the immediate consequences? Those are what matter when it comes to surviving today. We’ve talked about protests and riots several times here at On Her Own because 2020, but there are always new …
