Read this on galpod.com. Last year, I did a reflections challenge that didn't go quite as well as I hoped it would. This year, I decided to take some of the prompts and use them for a year-end reflection. I selected 11 out of the 31 prompts. 2019 in three words 1. Singing: I've rediscovered how much I love singing, thanks to my incredible partner and his unsurpassable birthday gift early in the year. Besides recording and releasing the album, I'm also taking voice lessons and

Read this on galpod.com. People are reflecting on the last decade on Twitter. I'm not entirely sure how you can do that, sum up a decade of your life in 140 (or even 280) characters. Now, you know I love a good reflection, but I sometimes wonder about the ratio of thinking to doing/being. I think reflection is good and useful, but I know that, for me, I have a strong tendency to "overthink" things — paralysis by analysis, and all that. Being reflective is an occupational haza

Read this on galpod.com. I read quite a few books in Hebrew over the last month. I started both because my mom was here and brought me some new shiny books and because I was behind on my reading challenge. I can write a PhD in English and live my life in English, but I still read about three times faster in Hebrew. Funny how our brains work. So, for the sake of having a list, this month in fiction I've finished up The Hate You Give (5 starts, go read it). I also read in Hebre

Read this on galpod.com. This week we're on a half-term break, five weeks after the term started. On the one hand, it's been a fairly relaxed break, and it's the first school break this year we've stayed home. On the other hand, it makes for a busy May. Also, the fact that my partner was on three business trips this month puts a cog in the wheels of the family routine. I haven't been writing too much, and it's starting to bother me. It's a little bit like a water build-up. It