Scheduling free time for yourself

Scheduling free time for yourself

Imagine a printed page that is filled with text. No really, pull that image into your mind. I’ll wait. Go ahead. What did it look like? Was the text completely filling the entire page from top to bottom and side to side? Or was there a border of white space around a...
Achieving goals won’t make you happy

Achieving goals won’t make you happy

Let’s start with a quiz today. It’s short, just three questions.   How often do you put the happiness of others before your own?  And I’m not just talking about family and friends right now – I’m talking about all the “others” in your life. Like a boss,...
Turning your daydreams into BIG dreams

Turning your daydreams into BIG dreams

Are you undecided about what your BIG dream should be? Too overwhelmed with the possibilities. If you could achieve anything – anything at all – what would it be?  It’s like that quote: “If you knew you could not fail, what would you attempt?”  Big decisions like this...
Overcoming self-doubt

Overcoming self-doubt

The last time I wrote I was in thinking mode. And boy have I been thinking. My brain hurts! I’m sorry it took me so long to deal with my own head, but I want to share with you what I’ve learned in the past several weeks. I’ve been struggling with self-doubt and...
Are you busy for the right reasons?

Are you busy for the right reasons?

For the past 10 years or so I’ve just blocked the first three weeks of June off on my calendar as “too busy” to do anything else.  There’s this client that I love and every year there’s a big fundraising event that I’m part of organizing – technically I am just the...
Goals are Dreams with a Deadline

Goals are Dreams with a Deadline

“Goals are just dreams with deadlines.” I’m not sure where I first heard this quote – probably on Pinterest, because you know everything we know lives on Pinterest now. But as I was brainstorming names for this website, I kept going back to...