Posts by Jamie Vassar

Arguably anything worth doing can never be mastered. Take, for instance, learning an instrument. At the beginning it may be rocky and frustrating, but the more you do it, the more you learn and the more skilled you become. However, there is always room for improvement, always something new to try.  In some ways, that’s…

I am what my sister calls “a panic planner.” While I’m typically laid back and, admittedly, a bit of a procrastinator, if something makes me anxious I switch my brain to prepare. The habit started in high school after I joined the forensics team. I knew what I had to do but my brain jumbled…