by Melissa Thornley | Sep 9, 2021
This Personal Accountability reminder comes from Melissa as a Collins Living-Learning Center senator Indiana University Bloomington, 1990-91. Serving in student government her sophomore year meant getting really into writing resolutions. So much so that she composed a...
by Melissa Thornley | Aug 12, 2021
Nothing like moving a few pieces of furniture around to shift perspective. My office was starting to feel stagnant so Sunday I came in to reevaluate. I moved my desk and the shelves. Even the printer table found a new home. It was like a magic trick. My office...
by Melissa Thornley | Aug 9, 2021
I’m playing with a new habit these days: The JUST SAY NO habit. It’s an experiment to build up my “No” muscle which has atrophied over the past 18 months. Like the rest of the world, I didn’t have much to say no to (aside from Netflix and...
by Melissa Thornley | Jul 30, 2021
Little known fact: my career started in tech. I was a writer at US Robotics, a company that produced computer modems. It was a hub of innovation at the early stages of the internet. It couldn’t have been a better time to be in the tech world. So it...
by Melissa Thornley | Jul 13, 2021
When’s the last time you craved approval? I’m not referring to an official type of approval, like from a bank for your mortgage, or from a client for your project to move forward. I’m talking about someone else seeing you and giving you that ‘ya done good, kid’ pat on...
by Melissa Thornley | Jun 11, 2021
How’s your newly unmasked life going? At the beginning of the pandemic, it took us more than a minute to figure out how to communicate beyond our masks. We learned to speak up and enunciate. We got “smizing” down. On the flip side, masks offered us a place to hide....
by Melissa Thornley | Jun 9, 2021
When people ask me how I’m doing lately, my response is: “I’m changing gears.” With life opening up at what feels like an exponential rate, some days I’m barely keeping up. It feels like the time I learned how to drive stick on the...
by Melissa Thornley | May 11, 2021
Happy Birthday to me! This month as I turn 50, I’ve been reflecting more than usual on what’s important to me. This includes permission to feel the full range of human emotions and allow them to guide us into action that supports our values and the impact...
by Melissa Thornley | Mar 5, 2021
On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you trust yourself? Don’t think too hard about it. What’s your first response? Write it down somewhere. Typically when we think about trust, we think about trusting people outside of ourselves. We strive to build trust with our...
by Melissa Thornley | Feb 25, 2021
Today I drove through a toll gate barrier. Yup. The Mazdarati busted right through it. Nope, I wasn’t on the run from the law. Exiting 94 in Indiana, I just didn’t see it. The sun glared blending the barrier right into the highway. My foot came off the gas just enough...
