Postcards from the Funny Farm – PFTFF

dialog on psychology and inspiration

  • Put Your Mental Health First

    Did you ever have a terrible headache and then found it went away after a few ibuprofen and some “still time?” Well, when your mental health improves after making it a priority it is kind of like that only instead of the pain subsiding, you become empowered and solutions run through your mind instead of sadness, melancholy, and fatigue.

    April 22nd, 2009

  • 5 Minutes to Closing

    Whether it’s pizza work or something else, if you’ve worked with the public … you probably know how difficult those last minute customers can be. In this case, one ended up rewarding us with humor.

    April 7th, 2009

  • Teacher, What Page?

    This is a short anecdote. I told it to my mother-in-law and she suggested I blog it . . . so here goes, for Kathy’s sake:
    The other day I had a migraine at work. I’m a 3rd grade public school teacher in California, and migraines are not 100% conducive to working with 30 kids. Nonetheless, [...]

    April 3rd, 2009

  • Success Through elearning

    An alternative to traditional college that will provide you with the skills of success in the privacy of your own home is elearning through a company like K alliance.

    March 24th, 2009

  • How I Use Remember the Milk with Google Calendar

    This is a short tutorial on how to use Remember the Milk in conjuntion with Google Calendar to make your task management and personal productivity heaven on Earth.

    March 24th, 2009

  • Put Time Tables on Commitments

    Consider the challenges before you. As you take on huge projects, make sure you put a time table on a calendar and when that deadline comes, be real and ready to walk away if it isn’t working out. This is something you must do even if the project is your dream or possibly your fairy tale. Realism regarding projects is a virtue of the maturity.

    March 3rd, 2009

  • Give in Love :: It Holds the World Together

    This weekly podcast was inspired by “It’s a Wonderful Life.” When we give in love and not expect anything in return, we add the stuff that holds it together.

    January 28th, 2009

  • What Makes a Winner?

    Welcome to my first real attempt at a podcast.  It wasn’t the Mp3 conversion that was the toughest nor the recording of the several minute speech.  No friends, it was the rain that kept my dog in with me in the garage where I recorded it, my 2 daughters wanting to climb me as I [...]

    January 25th, 2009

  • Make a Goodies Drawer at Work

    How many times have you been working at a fast pace and couldn’t stop for lunch?  When this happens, wouldn’t it be great to have chips, popcorn, maybe some candy bars, sodas, even a few boxes of crackers with maybe some cheese (if you have a fridge nearby).  You wouldn’t hesitate to get a memory [...]

    November 18th, 2008

  • [Podcast] What Makes a Winner?

    Welcome to my first real attempt at a podcast.  It wasn’t the Mp3 conversion that was the toughest nor the recording of the several minute speech.  No friends, it was the rain that kept my dog in with me in the garage where I recorded it, my 2 daughters wanting to climb me as I [...]

    November 1st, 2008

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