Today I want to share this blog post from Chip Conley. He provides an interesting perspective about the need to push ourselves outside of our comfort zone before we can ever get to a comfortable state of flow - when we work at our best; not overly challenged, and not bored. I am easily bored, [...]
I thought I understood the conversation and it was the others who were not understanding. Set in my ways until eventually I realized I had missed something. The way it was didn't make sense to me, so I thought they were the ones misunderstanding. I recently spoke with a friend about her experience on a [...]
How often do you tone down your dreams or even your reality in conversations with others?Conversations with yourself? I just observed my own mind go through a crazy thought pattern. I was thinking about the fact that I like working really hard when I am home but creating space in my life for lots of [...]
When I get into a cycle of worry, I find it helpful to consider what I can do. If I can take action to alleviate the worry, then the worry is worthwhile. If I cannot take action to alleviate it, then it is not just a waste of energy, but harmful negative energy. In those [...]
Life comes and goes in stages. It feels like our current state will last forever but sometimes it's worth remembering that there will likely be a change ahead.
In our current time, with COVID-19 on people's minds, I am simply sharing my observations today. Living in Juneau, we feel sometimes fairly cut-off from the rest of the world. Made a two flight trip on March 5, 2020. Same trip I have made a few times in the last couple of months, and the [...]
Upon the renting of a sports car, as I clearly enjoyed getting up to speed on the highway, my husband reminded me of days when I was younger and a little more reckless behind the wheel. I think he was glad those days were over or he might have been a little fearful for his [...]
I shared recently an internal feeling that I do not generally give 100%. While I still think that has truth, I have been thinking about this more in a new context. One of my heroes is constantly out there doing things that aren't perfect. She might be giving a presentation and not have all the [...]
What do you do to stay healthy? This question was posed to a group of people. Many refered to common practices such as eating well, exercising, taking vitamin C when you have something coming on, etc. All good things! But others talked about the essence of how they live their lives. Stress is harmful to [...]
What does wasting time mean to you? I recently heard (don't recall where) the definition that wasting time is when you do not complete the task you set out to do because you ended up doing something else distracting, such as spending time on Facebook, looking through emails, etc. In other words - you turn [...]
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