Do you like planning and goal setting? I do. I love to plan and organize but if I’m not careful, I can get bogged down with planning. So this year, my goal is to develop some specific habits instead. This habit strategy came to me during a workout. Which is a new exercise habit I established…
We all remember the story of the race between the Tortoise and the Hare. Although outmatched for speed, the Tortoise had endurance in its own plodding implacable way. The hare ran circles around his poor opponent but still [spoiler alert:] lost the race in the end. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately. It…
Do you make resolutions? More importantly, do you keep them? According to researchers, nearly 80% of people abandon their New Year’s resolutions by February. Sometimes the annual business or departmental planning can be susceptible to the same pitfalls for failure as our good intentions made at midnight January 1. So, if you have plans to…
Hasn’t everyone asked that question? I know I have. Just when it seems it can’t get any worse, it does. We are in an ever expectant state of what next? … and that became less a question and more of a resigned statement as 2020 wore on. But people are wonderfully resilient. I found to…
My momma always said, “Bloom where you’re planted.” She was full of colorful idioms. And her sayings come to my mind often. This one has come to mind more often these days. Especially since I feel “planted” in this hothouse of a pandemic. The wisdom of it rings clear. Now especially, is the…
For many of us, things have slowed down in these uncertain times. And that’s true for me too. There’s not too much in the shop right now–finishing up some branding work and teaching classes at the community college—suddenly online which I’ll save for another post–and there’s always the upkeep and self-marketing associated with running a…
Coloring and doodling is a very “in-the-moment” activity that is both meditative and mindful. Both are kinesthetic activities that help calm and soothe. In recent years adult coloring books have become very popular. Doodling has been elevated to an art form that is highly accessible and very relaxing. So while we are in quarantine, I…