by Jule Kucera | Mar 1, 2026 | Blog
Several people wrote to let me know identifying their core values for their human Compass was a valuable exercise. I didn’t expect that. No one wrote to say they struggled with the exercise. Given the number of people who wrote of positive experiences, it made me...
by Jule Kucera | Feb 22, 2026 | Blog
Here we go. The Human Compass and the Hand are two models that have helped me live my life in a way that feels good, that seems better than it was before. This week I’ll focus on the Human Compass; we’ll get to the Hand in a future piece. Did I tell you I’m happy? It...
by Jule Kucera | Feb 15, 2026 | Blog
I’m procrastinating on these Sunday musings. It’s because I know what I want to write about, but Ol’ Beady Eyes—the Voice of Judgement that lives in my head and sounds like my mother—has opinions about this. “Who do you think you are, writing about these things?...
by Jule Kucera | Feb 8, 2026 | Blog
Roxie is unbothered by the cold, unless the temperature is under 25℉. When it’s that cold, she heads out with her typical full head of steam but without the booties she refuses to wear. Roxie trots about 40 yards and stops, right foreleg raised, as if she is a...
by Jule Kucera | Feb 1, 2026 | Blog
I worked on StoryJoules for six years. Hard to believe. In the process of building it, multiple versions of electronic files were created—docxs, pptxs pdfs, jpegs, pngs. Beaucoup stuff. I wasn’t always (often?) orderly about how I stored it. The inconvenience of...
by Jule Kucera | Jan 25, 2026 | Blog
Cata and Jay were our trip leaders for the Patagonia hiking trip. They were tall and fit and attractive, walking advertisements for Backroads. It could have been annoying except they were kind and supportive and had the perfect words or actions for every circumstance....
