Motivation 10/16

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 10, 20210 min read

Mailbox Oracle

Overfunctioning Recovery: Lessons from Playing Diner Dash

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 3, 20213 min read

Overfunctioning Recovery: Lessons from Playing Diner Dash

Seven years ago I discovered the video game Diner Dash. One night I played four hours. I was enjoying myself, racking up points and...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 28, 20211 min read

Whoa, steady girl…

This plot twist has me woozy… Go ’head. Get Your Read On. AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 21, 20214 min read

A Dating Story: Sunk Cost Bias

Early in my 15 years of living in Connecticut I knew no one, and sought companionship and boredom-free living through personal ad dating....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 14, 20211 min read

I told him, “Look…

… you stayed out with your boys last night. Tonight? I’m about my book.” ◊ ◊ ◊ Go ’head. Get Your Read On. Available now on Amazon

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 8, 20214 min read

Did Your Family Throw Plates?

The headline comes from journalist Warren Berger’s The Book of Beautiful Questions. The question is intended to find out about conflict...

Power Recipe #2: Platanos Maduros con Zhoug

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 28, 20211 min read

Power Recipe #2: Platanos Maduros con Zhoug

Ingredients: 1 pound bag of these (frozen): A tub of this: “Zhoug (pronounced ZhOOg) is a cilantro-based sauce/condiment I introduced in...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 22, 20211 min read

Art is what happens…

For nearly 40 years I tried to be something I wasn’t. I had the houses, the vacations, the cute boyfriends, the high-paying corporate...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 14, 202110 min read

Reimagining a False Life

In April 2000 when I embarked on my solo trip around the world, I didn’t arrange to return to my corporate job at the trip’s conclusion...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 7, 20211 min read

Channeling 1960s London Style

Vest: $2.99 Cut velvet tunic: $4.99 Striped stretch bell bottoms $4.99 Faux suede slip-ons $7.99 And, supports a good cause.

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 1, 20213 min read

Hope is Not a Strategy. Climb.

I’ve read Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by journalist Piers Paul Read four times. 1974 (first read) The year it was published I...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 23, 20211 min read

Everything I’m wearing? Sal’s Army.

From neck to toe. That’s $25, ya’ll. Yes, the shoes and belt, too. When my father died in 2004, the Salvation Army was a tremendous...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 19, 20212 min read

Can You See Me Now?

I’ve been riding motorbikes since age 14. Now that I live in Florida I ride full time. People are always asking me, “You only have the...

What Have You Done Today to Make You Feel Proud?

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 10, 20211 min read

What Have You Done Today to Make You Feel Proud?

Every day for two years, I listened to the song Proud, the 2001 worldwide hit by Heather Small and M People. When Heather sang the lyric,...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Another Year

Another year has come and gone miraculous the speed. The voices told me as a child to “Sow desire’s seed.” I answered, “Yes” but planted...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Dec 27, 20205 min read

Read Widely

While browsing an old library issue of The New Yorker Magazine, an advertisement with this poem caught my eye: READ. Read widely,...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Dec 20, 20202 min read

The Birthday Experiment

A happening unprecedented: I threw myself a birthday party on December 25, 2009. Soak that in for a minute. It’s a few days after...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Dec 13, 20203 min read

Keep the Juice in the Lemon

When I was 32 years old I told a close friend that I wanted to be a professional writer. He said, “If you haven’t done it by now you...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Dec 6, 20203 min read

Who’s Ready for 2021?

In a June 2020 blog post, I outlined goals for the remainder of 2020. I’m updating how I did here. Books June 2020 goal: Finish and...

Power Recipe #1: Warm Brussel Black Bean Dip

Gina Greenlee, Author

Nov 29, 20202 min read

Power Recipe #1: Warm Brussel Black Bean Dip

I can cook. More often, though, I prefer to assemble. What’s the power in this recipe besides a nifty blogpost headline? · Ridiculously...