Entries of May, 2012
Getting it done, Part 1: Think smaller
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were chatting about the various ways people stand in their own way from getting stuff done, or from meeting a long-desired goal. You know, from making up excuses to ignoring the task at hand entirely…but all the while, clinging to the fantasy that someday, somehow, the [...]
Do One Thing Today That Scares You
“Push yourself out of your comfort zone in small ways for a major boost in confidence.” -Women’s Health Magazine, wisewords
Work-Life Balance, Part 4: Aloha!
So, today, I was going to focus on the importance of adapting at least one new healthy habit to support a more balanced life. But then I was listening to KUOW’s The Conversation with host Ross Reynolds, and decided to take a momentary detour from my plans and seize the opportunity to share this wonderful [...]
Work-Life Balance, Part 3: Clutter fiends
You probably knew I was going to get back to clutter at some point. Though, I tend to think of clutter as more than just physical clutter clogging up a space. I see time clutter, emotional clutter, energy clutter, work clutter and more. Essentially, it’s the stuff that builds and has nowhere to go, dragging [...]
Free Your Life From All Obstacles
“Quit calling your desk ‘organized chaos’ and start calling it what it is: a mess. Set aside a day each week to get things in order and watch your sanity ─ and productivity ─ thrive.” -Women’s Health Magazine, wisewords
Work-Life Balance, Part 2: Now, now, now!
It is one thing to live in the “now” and another to believe everything needs to be done right now. It is so easy to forget our role in setting unrealistic expectations with others, particularly on the work front. Can you really take on that extra project when you already have three competing deadlines and [...]
Work-Life Balance, Part 1: iPhoneitis
Today is International Day of Families, and this year’s theme is creating more work-life balance. The Holy Grail of ambitions for many families! Fortunately, technology has come a long way in supporting work-life balance, allowing us to liberate ourselves from our physical workspace while ushering in a new era for flexible, anytime, anywhere work schedules. [...]
Celebrating Mothers, Part 2: Mandatory timeouts
Another way of making time is to, quite frankly, force it. If you are not scheduling “me time” and you find yourself going into overtime on everything but you, you really have no choice. You need to put the brakes on before you implode. Give yourself a timeout: One method I really like is a [...]
Celebrating Mothers, Part 1: Finding more me time
With Mother’s Day approaching this Sunday, it made me really stop and think about all the wonderful things mothers do─tidy the house, pay the bills, chauffer kids around, nurse wounds, help with homework, read stories, invent games, play chef, rub backs, empathize, guide, love and tons more─all while often holding down a paid job to [...]