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R.I.P. 2018 - A Post-Mortem

12/31/2018

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The informal definition of a post-mortem is “a discussion of an event after it has happened, especially of what was wrong with it or why it failed." (Thanks, Cambridge Dictionary. But no thanks for the ad for the hoodie that looks like a man’s hairy chest. Hard to miss and harder to forget.)

In my theatre experience, the post-mortem after the show closed was all about making the next one better. We’d discuss systems, timing, personnel, marketing, everything involved with the production, to learn from it all.

There are so many moving parts of a production, and both left- and right-brain information needs to be created and shared with the team, revised, updated, acted upon. For me, it’s a delirious, joyful, roller coaster ride, and what do we know about roller coaster rides? You do NOT want to eat your churros, ice cream, and popcorn, just before getting on.

The biggest take-away from the post-mortem of our well-loved “The 13 Days of Halloween - Invisible” podcast series (still available wherever you get your podcasts) is balance. All of the components deserve attention and care, and so does the laundry. And the day jobs. And returning library books on time. When daily life and self-care are thrown in at the last minute, you get the queasies.

(So, yes, in this imperfect metaphor, daily life and self-care are the churros, ice cream, and popcorn.)

Here’s to balance! Here’s to being flexible with plans, even while being committed to them.

We have some fun ideas up the sleeves of our lab coats. You can look forward to more from our space alien friends at H.A.B.I.T., another chilling and insightful 13 Days of Halloween series, and some new one-off short audio fiction. We are always looking for new ways to express our Life Lab Notes mission: to show the world a picture of itself. We humans are all made up of the same stuff. We have way more in common than not. We can learn from each other, accept each other, and leave peacefully together.

Happy New Year, and remember - the New Year rolls out a day at a time. Each day can be a resolution renewal, a resetting, a recharging. Hit refresh on the web page of your life now and then!

From all of us here at Life Lab Notes, all our best.

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Happy Holidays! (And we do mean all the holidays.)

12/22/2018

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I was one of those kids who really liked the Back to School season. The school supplies, the clean start to a new school year, the books, the weather change. Then came my birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. 

Maybe that's why it was never a challenge for me to say, or hear, "Happy Holidays." It always seemed like a great way to scoop all those happy times together and just wish happiness. 

As I grew up and my world got bigger, I realized my Canadian friends had Thanksgiving on a different day. My British friends had "Mothering Sunday," and not on "Mother's Day." I met people who celebrated Christmas, but very differently from my family's traditions. I met Jewish friends who celebrated Hanukkah, or even both Hanukkah and Christmas. 

Today, we can easily see into the everyday lives of people all over the world. We can eat foods, see art, hear music, from all the cultures. There are apps (as well as old-fashioned books) that will help us learn just about any language we care to try out. Most importantly, most beautifully, we can encounter this profuse variety very close to us. We don't have to travel around the globe in person or via our devices. We live close to each other. Really close. And that is our strength and our challenge.

Life Lab Notes hopes you find joy, peace, and prosperity today. Whatever you're celebrating today. Also, tomorrow. And here's to a really excellent next Thursday. Happy Holidays. Happy all-your-days.
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