Posted in Choices, Overwhelm on November 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Over on Transformational Girlfriends, Susan wrote a post about surviving the holiday season with great suggestions on how to decrease the stress.
I find that for so many folks I work with, the pressure of the holidays (ho ho, oh no) is often about trying to create a fantasy holiday that no lesser human than Martha [...]
Posted in Choices, Reflections on November 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I was having a conversation with a dear friend (Joan Emery) this evening and the conversation turned to things we did that really neither served us, nor made use of our strengths. Now, no one would know that some things that we did weren’t our strengths, because to the outside world we appear [wink] invincible. But, nonetheless, [...]
Posted in Choices, Thinking Differently on November 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It seems to be a day for tagging and being tagged. I was tagged by Donna Karlin for the “Think Different Challenge“.
Ironically, just this morning I was having a conversation with someone around how your thinking colors your actions. If I think that someone is going to give me a hard time (returning something to a store, [...]
Posted in Choices, OnGrowing, personal development on November 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Ever looking for the next way to challenge ourselves, Donna Karlin and I have decided to create an OnGrowing Weekly Challenge to let people share how they deal, cope, thrive and grow in their lives.
Our first challenge is: “Who are you giving your personal power away to and how are you going to take it back?” [...]
Posted in Choices, Life balance on November 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Google life balance, and what you’ll find are 1,920,000 references. Something of a hot topic! But is life balance even possible?
When your life feels out of whack, it feels like you don’t ever have enough time to do everything that needs to get done, let alone the things you wish you could do. There are work demands, family [...]
Posted in Choices, Overwhelm on November 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Martha Beck recently wrote an article in “O” magazine on the anthropological reasons for overwhelm. She says that ‘”Overwhelm” is increasingly common as demands on human attention increase exponentially. The human brain just wasn’t designed to handle the environment we inhabit. “
I felt like she was talking directly to me.
She goes on to say that throughout the ages, [...]
Posted in Choices, Time on November 4, 2007 | 16 Comments »
I’m usually a pretty good juggler. Or at least that’s what I tell myself.
But here it is, November 4th, and it’s been eons since I posted. Actually, it’s been eons for a lot of things on my want to do daily list. Which actually proves a point that I make to myself (and anyone who’ll [...]
Posted in Choices on September 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/14/the-top-5-reasons-to-be-a-jack-of-all-trades/
Tim Ferriss (author of the Four Hour Work Week) adds his voice to the growing chorus regarding people who have multiple interests, careers and areas of expertise, as opposed to specialists.
I struggled with this label all my life as family members and friends would inquire, “what is Donna doing now?” Early on I had decided [...]
Posted in Change, Choices, Environments on September 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday was my birthday. We spent a laughter filled day in Manhattan, window shopping, eating, people watching, eating, watching the Soho Artists Parade (more about that…with photos…at another time), exploring art galleries, hanging out (and eating) in Little Italy, and more. It was a very full day. And the birthday month continues today with Dim [...]
Posted in Change, Choices, Reflections on September 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always felt that September was really the beginning of the year, rather than January 1st. It was the time that summer ended and the school year began. A time for new clothes, new notebooks, and new friendships. A slew of choices. It’s the time of the Jewish New Year, where you take time to [...]
