One thing that I learned this week is that even the smallest of decisions can add up to make a big difference. Often the most difficult thing about feeling disorganized is that sense of being overwhelmed by our stuff, our space, our time.
This is when it is important to realize that progress begins with one little step, one small...
How many times have you recognized that you have a choice between investing time or money? We have all experienced it. I can either work on this project myself for the next few hours (days, weeks), or I can hire someone who can do it for me. I firmly believe that our individualistic culture has us programmed to believe...
Exploration and Innovation: You need both for life
I read a recent blog post by David Seah, a writer on productivity and inspiration, and he shared his self diagnosis of having “Type 2 Procrastination, a horrifying condition in which ...
This post is for all the people out there (like me) who have trouble saying "no" even when they are already overcommitted.
One of my clients has been having her floors refinished. All the furniture from her first floor is crammed into one room. All the counters in her kitchen are full of the contents of the dining room....
Years ago, I worked in a bookstore and the manager asked me to create a large display. He said I could be as creative as I wanted to be, just make sure it reflected the season (which happened to be Spring). At first, I was excited. I consider myself to be fairly...
How is it that summer vacation always catches me off guard? After talking with a few moms in my network, I’ve found that I’m not the only one that experiences this mysterious creeping up of June. It’s not as if the months change order, June always comes after May and yet, one week before school gets out I find myself looking at the...
Have you ever had one of those days when the world aligned and you managed to find time and energy for tasks you had never planned to do that day?
That has been my day today.
It started out as what my Living Peace colleague Susan would call “Money Monday” i.e. paying bills, running payroll, doing next month’s financial...
The plug in my bathroom sink is broken. You know… that round silver thing in the bottom that allows you to plug the drain. It stays closed by default and will no longer magically lift when I pull on the lever behind the faucet. This unhappy fact become true a few weeks ago after several months of annoyingly trying to prop it, turn it, lift it...
