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My birthday is November 10. As my birthday present to myself, I am giving me at least day each week between now and then to turn this site from an occasionally visited side project to the awesomely helpful site I know it could be. If you knew me in real life (and some of you [...]
I’m driving myself crazy lately. “Only lately?” you might ask, and I frown because that’s unkind. So, let me just say it is worse than normal. The problem is my juggling act is getting worse. I have a giant client project* I am working on at the moment but I have a whole bunch of [...]
I am totally intrigued by all the prompts for this week, and I want to do them all. I’m just going to start with the most recent one and work backwards. Prompt: 11 Things. What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid [...]
#Reverb10 Day 3: Moment. Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors). (Author: Ali Edwards) I had a lot of trouble with this one. I had lots of moments in which I felt very alive but the ones that are most vivid [...]
When it’s an afternoon! Okay, so it’s a lousy riddle but it’s been a real dilemma for me. At the moment, I’m trapped in what parents around here refer to as kindergarten hell. Kids in kindergarten here go to school in the morning (8:45-12) for two weeks and then switch to afternoons (1-3) for two [...]
I was at a conference recently and, as often happens at these things, a former Olympic gymnast came in to give a talk about excellence. Oh, that doesn’t happen that often? Well, it happened at this one. This guy, Peter Vidmar, won a gold medal with the US gymnastic team in the 80s and he’s [...]
I got commended today for having the tools to help my kid through a bit of anxiety about going to school (he’s almost 5, and some days kindergarten is too much for him), but I felt like saying that he (and his brother) deserved praise for making me find those tools. I grew up thinking [...]
You know how some days you seem to be skating on the top of everything, rather than diving in like you are supposed to? I now hate that I made myself think of diving into icy water, but please bear with me. I’m referring to those days that are so hectic that all you can [...]
I have been having a rough couple of weeks. The kind of cold that leaves you feeling run down but never develops into anything bad enough to make you lie down. Chilly weather. A kid that just started Kindergarten, then was sick for three days and lost his enthusiasm for the task. A couple of [...]
I like a good system. As I’ve mentioned before, I am an INFJ and we have a nasty habit of getting lost in the search for the perfect system – I fight against that all the time. One real system-seeking situation for me is my To Do list. I’ve tried all kinds of systems, paper [...]
