tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post8249054187694199769..comments2024-02-24T03:14:25.170-05:00Comments on A Half Baked Life: NaBloPoMo: The Third Metric (of Success), and Lentil Kale SaladJustine Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190295175501659469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-9252237039894667832013-06-07T19:37:44.097-04:002013-06-07T19:37:44.097-04:00Re: your recipe - this is something I'll give ...Re: your recipe - this is something I'll give a try real soon. I always have lentils but they only ever get used when I'm making soup. Audreyhttp://www.theideagirlblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-79112805662128971812013-06-07T12:01:19.345-04:002013-06-07T12:01:19.345-04:00I love this. I'd say that the third metric is ...I love this. I'd say that the third metric is happiness (or satisfaction) - becuase the traditional assumption that money and/or power bring happiness is so very very flawed. <br /><br />But I love your interpretation of being a useful node in the network. Bringing the right people together is a very satisfying thing.Maudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16597977344296682203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-43009206572507288302013-06-07T09:29:54.577-04:002013-06-07T09:29:54.577-04:00I hadn't heard of the Huffington conference un...I hadn't heard of the Huffington conference until this post. What a great idea - very appropriate right now, since there are so many discussions on how we, as women, define having it all. <br /><br />There IS something beyond money and power, especially for me. And I would agree that the root of it is connectedness, as Slaughter mentions. But different for me, too. <br /><br />I feel like you: it's not my network of people via blogging or social media. It's connection to something DEEPER than that - tapping into the universe, finding fulfillment in small acts of altruism. Going for long runs on country roads to connect with nature and my body. Connecting to other people who need help by setting up a food calendar for my running friend whose husband and son were injured in the Boston marathon bombings. <br /><br />Maybe it's that I'm not a leader in the sense that Slaughter describes. I don't like the idea of spending my energy on " building coalitions and networks to solve problems, organizing volunteers, creating public-private partnerships, and connecting and mobilizing alliances of many diverse actors to turn talk into action." <br /><br />It's too BIG, you know?<br /><br />I feel like my own personal fulfillment and success is a facet of the things I can do to feel connected to something deeper. Which means that they'll be little things: donating used clothes, volunteering my time to the PTA, spending 30 days not yelling at my family, loving and raising a pet, connecting with nature via a run, stepping up to help a friend by taking her kids when she has a meeting that runs over and can't get to them. Getting my husband to look up from his to-do list and take time for himself sometimes.<br /><br />When I am my grandmother's age, I expect that my definition of how successful I've lived my life will NOT include money and power. I expect that I will measure my success as what I've contributed to my life. The little things I do now, hopefully, will add up and be more powerful in the future.<br /><br />Only time will tell, though.<br /><br />Thanks for the thought-provoking post. <br /><br />xoxoKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18082956686236308421noreply@blogger.com