Ever handwrite notes and then let them accumulate in stacks? Or go to a conference, gather a bunch of information that you want to save for 'someday' but are not actively using now? Or store a bunch of stuff in paper files that you would prefer to be electronic? I have found two tools recently [...]
If you are working from home and your life has slowed down with the Coronavirus, why not lean into a period of rest? It may recharge you for what's ahead.
I'm a landlord. Recently I found tenants. From the very beginning I knew they couldn't pay the first months rent plus the deposit, but they said they could pay most of it. They recently moved to town and one just started work. I confirmed employment, as well as a relocation bonus that was on its [...]
As our lives slow down for reasons unanticipated and out of our control, we might be able to step back and realize how fast we were moving before the pause. You may fear of boredom, but what might come out of boredom if you let it take hold? I think we might be amazed by [...]
If it were easy, everyone would do it. The purpose of this statement appears only to validate your excuses. The truth is that nearly everything that is hard for you is easy for somebody else. And what is easy for you is really difficult for somebody else. And it may be that there is something [...]
Hijacking my blog to share a few things I have read lately that I think are worth sharing, some tools I am using and resources I love - which I have shared before, but now is a different time, as well as a couple of events coming up soon. Note that #5 is a webinar [...]
I am enjoying the acts of kindness that I see around me. as well as a feeling of engaging and my own acts of kindness. From people buying pizzas for the Costco workers overwhelmed with crowds and surely panic. (They can accept such gifts as long as it is made anonymously). To the person at [...]
Brief personal update since this blog was originally about triathlon and I mentioned that I was training for St George (which was scheduled May 2, 2020) but then just yesterday said that I wasn't doing really long workouts. As my training was starting to ramp up, I started traveling a lot and was having trouble [...]
[To set context briefly: I have now been aware of the Coronavirus for a couple of months, but only a week ago did it start really affecting my particular community. It has been a crazy week as more and more gets shut down on a seeming daily basis. Currently schools, restaurants, and public social gatherings [...]
I was scheduled to be in a training this week in a different state, but it was cancelled to limit our physical contact due to COVID-19. Or, I should say, the physical portion was cancelled, but we still met for 17 hours over 3 days via Zoom video conference. It was amazing how much connection [...]
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