Jan 13 2012
∞
Jan 04 2012
∞
Why Do New Years Resolutions Suck? (Part 1 of 3).
Well, for starters, 88% fail. Who needs a time-waster like that?
You need are SMART goals, not empty promises to yourself. Pfft.
2 notes /
Jan 03 2012
∞
Honestly Now: New Years Resolutions Suck
It’s no big secret, when you step back and thing about it. New Years resolutions suck. As in, 88% of them fail.
So…honestly, now…what are we doing wrong? Are resolutions worth the effort?
Check out our blog for video clips from Tereza about techniques that work. It’s about personal goal setting, not guilt-ridden recipes for failure.
2 notes /
Dec 25 2011
∞
This painting is a classic by Milan Kunc. Milan was a contemporary and student of acclaimed German artist Joseph Beuys, Kunc is widely accepted as the originator of the East Pop movement of the late 1970s and co-founder of the Gruppe Normal collective in 1980.
He’s also my uncle (my mother’s brother).
This one’s from 1978 but I was reminded of it watching this weekend’s Russia protests. Fresh all over again.
+
∞
Hey girl. We exceeded all projections for Q4. But you’re the only year-end bonus I need. Happy Holidays.
Hey, girl. We exceeded all Q4 projections, but you’re the only year-end bonus I need.
62 notes /
+
∞
Dec 21 2011
∞
What a perfect motherhood mashup.
At Margot’s piano lesson, I stumbled on this classic quote, just sitting there on Mrs. Porter’s bookshelf, and it’s by my she-crush, new friend and magyarophile Esther Dyson (@estherdyson).
Always make new mistakes, indeed!
1 note /
Dec 20 2011
∞
On the Passing of Vaclav Havel
By the People, To the People
Most people who know me know my parents defected from Czechoslovakia, and that its Velvet Revolution changed my life. I went from being “from nowhere” to somewhere. It gave me the opportunity to live for a time where my family came from, at a unique moment in history. Professionally, it opened so many doors for me. Personally, I learned who I am. And it left me with a hero — Vaclav Havel. As a small country, everyone feels personally connected to Havel, and many people, actually so. And as such, I join many others in great sadness at his passing.
Sitting here in NY has felt odd. I felt really detached and unsettled from this historical event, and without an outlet to express it. I’ve been a bit out of sorts.
Leave it to social media to change it.
We’re in a time where, in city squares in Russia, Egypt, and many other countries, citizens are coming out to put themselves at risk, to protest peacefully for their basic rights, and to have a voice.
My friend Anna, who is Russian, posted this on Facebook. (Click on Google Translator to get the gist).
Russian individuals have posted a direct petition to the Czech people, in Czech. They express their dismay in their own leader, Medvedev, at his refusal to express official condolences to the Czech Republic — their neighbor and former satellite — on the death of their former President and national hero.
This was the same day Medvedev did express condolences to North Korea on the death of Kim Jong Il, cementing that relationship moving forward.
And these brave souls state that this is unacceptable.
It’s a poignant statement of respect of neighbor. Of respect for and acknowledgement of Havel’s force of character, integrity, and leadership. Apologies for aggressions of the past (ie Russian tanks in 1968). And an expression of desire for something different, starting now.
I remain saddened by Havel’s passing. But this gives me a glimmer of hope. May his passing embolden them to stand firm for the freedom and voice they deserve.
Will the message build? I don’t know. But I hope it does.
1 note /
