Tag: coping

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to take of a photo of something that brings you joy and share it.

A bit of a bucket list item for me. I went to the Florida Keys last week and got to  see the sunset. A few from the balcony of where we stayed. It was wonderful and fun, and it was neat to see the sunset from here, relaxing away from life.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to re-frame a worry and try to find a helpful way to think about it.

One of my worries this summer is SQL Saturday and events. The pandemic took a toll on organizers and attendees, with many of them tired of virtual events, along with trepidation about renting space and putting a crowd of people together. I worry about how we restart events.

However, what I need to do is have empathy that situations are different for many, and that we need to support people in different ways. I also need to remember that many people want to run or attend events, but that patience is needed to get comfortable with the idea of a crowd of people together again.

It’s helpful to start having conversations and share ideas, get feedback, and understand the challenges people face in us moving forward as a community of free, one-day conferences.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to stay positive in your conversations with others.

This is a good tip for me this time of year. As we wind down volleyball this season, there are some tough conversations to have with kids about their performance and things they need to work on for next year. There are also talks with kids (and parents) that won’t get offered a spot to stay with the team for next year.

One of the important things I am trying to remember when having hard talks is that I want to emphasize positive things that have happened, note what has worked, and frame issues as opportunities to improve in the future. These are areas of focus that will help improve athletes in the future.

It can be hard, but it is important to be clear and honest about success and failure, as well as the ways to improve for the future.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag. 

Today’s tip is to help nature in some way, plant something, pick up trash, make a small difference in the world.

I don’t have a green thumb, and other than cutting the grass, I don’t do a lot of nature work. However, we’ve been composting this last year and trying to take better care of the nature around here.

I saw this and took some time to walk around, cleaning up trash that’s gotten loose on the property. I also decided to get a small tree and plant it in the yard. I’m hoping that this will survive, thrive, and grow, but we’ll see if how things go across the next year.