8 FEBRUARY 2025 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Tuesday, April 22 - Registration and early exhibit set-up (after 10am or before noon on Wednesday). Wednesday, April 23 - Regulatory Session, Crazy Horse Mountain Tour, Paul Muehl Memorial Trap Shoot, Bob Martin Scholarship Golf Scramble, Primer Hour, and Student Reception. Thursday, April 24 - Technical Sessions, Booster Hour, Banquet, Scholarship Presentations, and Live Auction. Friday, April 25 - Technical Sessions. Booths close after 10am coffee break. Conference ends after lunch. Every Day - Exhibitor booths featuring the latest in blasting technology and products, plus lunch, door prizes, and much more! Blaster recertification credit hours available for Wyoming and many other states! 36th Annual Best in the West Drill & Blast Conference April 23-25, 2025 Spearfish Holiday Inn Convention Center Spearfish, South Dakota Register today at: bitwconference.org/register.html Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men? by Tim Connor Check out your local nursing home and you’ll find the population is 90% women. Why? Generally speaking, women live longer than men. One of the reasons is they share their feelings more often. Men tend to stuff their feelings. This is a good practice to continue if you want an early grave. The problem is, a lot of men interpret this sharing or venting of feelings as complaining or whining. This release of pent-up feelings, needs, desires, frustrations, or stress can often be seen as a cathartic process, or what I like to refer to as self-disclosure. Women have more friends because of it - and they have better relationships with their male friends because of it. So what is self-disclosure? It is the willingness and ability to share your honest feelings, pain, grief, fears, frustrations, and anything that if stuffed or kept inside, will contribute to greater stress and less-than-satisfying relationships with others. Men were raised to be tough, competitive - to win and not show emotions since this is often seen as a weakness. I have never considered sharing your true feelings a weakness, although there have been many times in my life I have resisted for fear of rejection, embarrassment, or to be perceived as week by others. I have learned managed self-disclosure builds bridges in relationships and more satisfying outcomes than sharing too few or too many feelings. Sharing too much of yourself, as in vulnerability, can invite pity, scorn, ridicule, and a variety of other adverse reactions from others. Sharing too little of yourself keeps others in your life at a safe, controllable, yet unhealthy emotional distance. We are all in this life together, doing the best we can, with what we have at any given moment. Why not let more people into your inner circle of shared feelings? You might be surprised at their support, love, and acceptance. There is no sin in crying in public, sharing your innermost fears with those you trust and respect, and hugging those who cross your path. Hugging is actually a good thing for your health. As a matter of fact, I’ll bet you have had too few hugs today - from a spouse, friend, or even a total stranger. No, don’t go getting weird on me! There’s nothing wrong with a consoling embrace when someone you have just met who is in pain or emotional distress. One of my dear friends hugs everyone, all the time. I’m doing my best to emulate this behavior, but many people view this as an invasion of privacy, unsociable, or even rude. On the contrary, I see it as a caring gesture most people appreciate. Yes, you may get some strange looks from some people who just don’t hug. My father was one of those people. After over 50 years of shaking his hand when we would first see each other after many months, I told him no more, that I wasn’t a business partner and we either hugged or did nothing. It took awhile and it tried my patience some, but he did start hugging. In His service, Tim Tim Connor may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com
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