@YaleUGA Christelle is headed for Yale and we are so excited!! #Yale2020 pic.twitter.com/6RK83esAv5 — Bridge2Rwanda (@Bridge2Rwanda) December 15, 2015 I rarely blog twice in a day, but this day is an exception. I found on Twitter the tweet up top. It’s of a young lady in Rwanda, surrounded by friends and family. She is logging in
Category: Personal
Simplicity and Spontaneity
I’ve been working on simplifying my life. And, I’ve found that it makes me feel more free. One example is that I’ve thought hard about my most valuable material possessions. It’s a pretty short list (more here). Other examples: I’ve reduced my number of Facebook “friends,” I no longer check LinkedIn, and I’m much more
Christmas Can Be Complicated
Christmas can be complicated. (I’m using Christmas as an example, but refer to any family holiday that you celebrate). Here are some conversations from this past week: An entrepreneur’s father died much too early. She has decided to spend Christmas week traveling abroad, away from her family. A friend finds the holidays difficult at times since she became
Year-End Financial Planning
It’s the end of the year, and I’m been doing some financial planning and moves. First, I rebalance our retirement portfolio. As I’ve written before, I have a pretty automatic investment approach for our retirement funds. It’s a tweak based on a strategy that Dave Swensen, head of Yale’s endowment, recommends (more here). Second, charitable
Being ‘Spiritual’ vs. ‘Religious’
Today for Catholics is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. I went to Mass at 6 am. As I thought about the service, it made me think of some recent conversations I’ve had about being “spiritual” and “religious.” A friend asked me if one could be spiritual but not religious. IMO, absolutely so. I was
Hunger
I’m looking to donate to a charity that addresses childhood hunger. It’s personal. Let me explain. Hunger is a theme in my family along two fronts. First, my mother and her siblings. As I’ve written before, they were war refugees. They one day were given a few hours to leave their farm, and they took whatever