Tag: 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 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.

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 exercise outside today in some way.

I wrote this a few days ago because exercise today may be tough. I’m flying to Ft Lauderdale this morning and driving to Key West, so hopefully things will go smooth and I’ll have time to go for a walk by the ocean tonight.

However, when I saw this tip, I decided to go back to one of my routines from lockdown last year. I did yoga outside, taking a break from work and setting up in the sunshine. A little hot, but being out in nature is very refreshing.