Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

We each have a primary question in our lives. They lack a sensitivity that many people require in order to listen. Which leads me to our ongoing battle. People think their work situation is so complicated and I have to understand all the motivators. I learned this when I was a graduate student in English.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

I don’t think people are happy or unhappy. For one thing, people who are happy do not look for a lot of choices, according to Barry Schwartz, in his book, The Paradox of Choice. I think this because I’ve lived in NYC, where people value having a wide range of choices and opportunities over having a life that makes them feel happy.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

So I get this book in the mail – The Power of Slow: 101 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World – and for some reason I find myself reading it during violin practice. She says, “One of the biggest time sucks in our lives is saying ‘yes’ to something we should have declined. You start with meditation and stick with it.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I have found, in adult life, that bureaucracy only gets deeper and deeper, and for someone like me, with Asperger Syndrome, the rules, numbers and conversations that bureaucracy entails is completely overwhelming: IRS, health insurance, 401Ks, I actually have no idea how people cope with this stuff. It’s always the fat people who say that.

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