When things get overwhelming, simplify. You can easily lose time, energy and momentum because you’re swept up in all the things that could or are happening. The best thing to do is to pause, step back with a wide-angle view of things, and do one thing which will have maximum impact first. You can’t do that if you’re “in” the…
When I want to be efficient and focused with limited time, I hack myself – here’s how: Write down what MUST be done Write down how much time you have Decide it can all be done (or rescope if you tend to put 20 pounds in a 10-pound bag) Assign an amount of time to each block of things Set…
When you find yourself lacking energy, move. In all ways, feeling stuck or stagnant is your body’s way of incenting you to do something different whether that’s mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, or otherwise. It can be deceptively engaging to stay complacent, hunker down, or isolate which can become a reinforcement of the lack of energy. Ask yourself, what would…
I don’t like being told what to do. In fact, I have a visceral reaction when I feel like someone is offering the “only” option and there are others available to me. When I take a breath and evaluate, it prompts me to action. The kind of action which expands my options, possibilities, and choices. As soon as that happens,…
Choice is a big deal. When it appears we have none, it’s still a choice to do nothing. When you do nothing, you’ve made a choice. People can feel victimized when they do nothing, and something happens. It’s usually the something they wish didn’t happen. It happens because they did nothing, which is a choice, even if subconsciously. Choose.
A spark ignites an idea. It fans the flame of possibility and refinement follows. When you create meaningful time for reflection there’s space for what’s present and what could be. If we keep our heads down doing the work remaining in the weeds, we have no perspective for the horizon. It’s like looking at the world from the 10th floor…
Following through can feel like a lost art. It’s a small thing, yet so incredibly important. We all make casual comments with friends like: “let’s do this again”, or when we meet new people “let’s connect.” Often it doesn’t happen. Our lives are busy, our calendars fill with the events that catch our attention and fill a need, not a…
When the day starts gently, I welcome it with peace. Waking in warm weather, watching the hues change in the early morning from a cliff facing the ocean, appreciating the people in my world while greeting it all in silence lets me enter the day with grace. The sunshine works its way above the mountain behind me shifting the day…
Travel has been difficult lately. I’ve been in the air quite heavily lately and to say it’s challenging is an understatement. Nothing on time, broken plane parts in abundance, lack of crew and staff. All of this leads to a domino effect for work and plans – sleep is often a tradeoff for the delays. It’s an inconvenience, nothing like…
It’s coming. I’m talking about Spring. All the smells, the melting, the greening up of the world and the refreshing longer periods of light. It renews my spirit, instills hope, and teases me that winter is coming to an end. It’s not time yet, but the warmer days signal its return. We will turn the corner and the world will…