Lessons Learned – Kristen Farrell

A Lesson About Time in the Age of COVID-19

This post is dedicated to the health care workers who are risking their lives to save others from the novel coronavirus. I am healthy. My family members are healthy. And I am employed. These are the three most important things right now as deaths peak from COVID-19 in the New York tri-state area this week. […]

Why Toilet Paper Tubes are the Textbook Example of Recycling

Last week, I heard a radio advertisement that posed this question: What’s one thing you can do to help the Earth? The first thing that I thought of was toilet paper tubes. That morning I had put a new roll of toilet paper on the holder after throwing the empty, paper-made and perfectly recyclable tube in […]

Lesson #20: Find Motivation Through Others

My mother is my biggest fan. When I started this blog back in 2013, she was one of the very few people (actually, less than a few; two to be exact) who left me a comment. Now, I didn’t start this blog to receive comments (although, comments are welcomed); I started this blog because I […]

Lesson #19: Learn to Laugh at Yourself

The other night, my husband found me in a pretty ridiculous position. I was in the basement exercising in a sports bra and shorts when I noticed something on my back. I went to the bathroom to look in the mirror, see what it was and take it off, wrapping my arms around my body […]

Lesson #18: Bet on yourself, and nothing else

I was one of the millions of Americans who played the Mega Millions yesterday, who woke up this morning “disappointed” and went to work. I say “disappointed” because as much as it would have been more than nice to win $350 million dollars, I knew my odds were slim – 1 in 258,890,850 million to […]

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A Lesson About Time in the Age of COVID-19

Why Toilet Paper Tubes are the Textbook Example of Recycling

Lesson #20: Find Motivation Through Others

Lesson #19: Learn to Laugh at Yourself

Lesson #18: Bet on yourself, and nothing else

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