Build Your Support System
If you, like me, are going through a substantial change, I suspect you also need support, not pity or pep rallies. I get angry when people pity me. Yes, I certainly succumb to pity parties for myself....
View ArticleLife is The Big Game
I’ve been working out at the gym in the morning for years. If I don’t go in the morning, I don’t go. This morning, I updated my two-day workout plan with Erik Bruce, my trainer for the last three...
View ArticleSupport Comes in All Forms
I was on a panel last night, in standard JR form. The topic was, “Is Agile for you?” (The answer is not always.) I ranted, I raved. I interrupted. I waved my arms. I exploded when someone was wrong. I...
View ArticleTurn the Lights On, Please
I’m all for being green. We recycle. We moved to the compact florescent light bulbs early—probably too early. Mark grumbled about expensive those first generation light bulbs were. Now when we throw...
View ArticleAssisted Living: Succeeding With Help From Friends
I spent the most recent four weeks on what I’m calling the “Northern Hemisphere Conference Tour“: four conferences, back to back. Agile Vancouver, AYE, Øredev, and Agile Testing Days. (It seemed like a...
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Carry a Notebook and a Pen
I’ve received a number of personal comments on What a Doctor Should Not Say to a Patient on a Friday Afternoon. One of the biggest insights I had was that the patient is shell-shocked and can’t hear...
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Freedom, Mobility, and Exercise with a Rollator
I have a new mobility device: a rollator. It’s a walker with big wheels and a seat. After a family vacation in January, where I almost missed a flight because United Airlines could not figure out how...
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