The holiday season is here. Can you believe it? This year, make it extra special. Collect family stories. Holiday times create a combination of good times, good food, and good stories. How many times have you heard a relative tell the same story? You know exactly how the punch line goes and you’re sure you’ll …
It’s one of those mornings when I got up early expecting to have two important meetings, but neither of them happened due to scheduling errors. As one dear friend wrote – That’s Life, Things Happen. I appreciated those words as they are certainly true and we need to be reminded of them when the unexpected happen. I thought about lying down for a short nap but decided to use the energy I feel in the mornings to write instead. I’ve come to know my productivity rhythm over the years. Here’s what you can do with unexpected space in your schedule.
How often do you feel that you’re working on overload? That is, you can’t get through your daily “to do” list because you keep adding stuff to it? The projects on the list take longer than expected by hours instead of minutes; interuptions are endless. That’s my life right now. The first thing that wants …
Are you a serial course buyer? Do you take every new fangled teleseminar sold by the latest guru so you feel you’re keeping up? Has your “work” become downloading another new ebook or course that probably just get put into a file on your desktop and forgotten? If so, you’re part of a very large group of women who want to be successful online but need to stop “taking” and start “doing.” This article tells you how to move forward.
If anything gets you thinking of family memories it’s food and cooking. What do you wait for during the holidays? Those dishes that only get prepared once a year, right? I love food and cooking. I love it so much I became the designated family cook in the family after my mother had to give …
I saw the cutest family cookbook memoir today. A friend showed me her family keepsake. Not only did she have family recipes from the 1800’s, the cookbook included hand drawings of seating arrangments for the holidays. Apparently, her family was really into the etiquette thing and wanted to establish how the table was set and …
So I’m writing this piece, right? I put myself in the chair and just start typing away. The words are flowing and they sound great. I hit save and yes, I’ve done my writing for the day. But I wonder, have I made meaning in my life with this or did I just write stuff? …
