How do we decide that we need to protect our time and say no to something? If we say no all the time, then what are we left with? What if we want to participate as a volunteer, or to get more business - things that we want to say yes to. But if we [...]
Someone stopped by my office to deliver my new printer. I am upgrading from a standard home and small office printer to something that can handle the next level-up in volume. When I began researching this level of printer, I discovered that I could not get it quite so easily as a more standard model. [...]
Every once in awhile we have a bit of inspiration or motivation. Maybe internal, maybe from a random external source. We can ride it or let it pass. But I think they often arrive at just the right time that we are ready to make change in our own lives. Are you read for the [...]
Frustration often leads to anger. Anger often feels good in the short run but can produce a worse result than kindness. Moving from anger to understanding, to asking questions, to getting grounded - this may feel better and achieve more of what we want.
The path of changing a viewpoint is sometimes an uphill climb. Deeply seated beliefs from childhood can get lodged and become part of who we are, and part of our truth, without us recognizing that it was a choice. A choice made with different information. A choice made that may no longer serve us, and [...]
I spend a lot of time talking with people about death. Their deaths to be precise, and what will happen to their stuff when they die. It is an uncomfortable topic for many - and I meet with people who have signed up to at least have that conversation with me. Many, many people never [...]
Are we all working towards the same thing in different ways? Is it some version of happiness and contentment? I think we are. But I think the happiness and contentment has different time horizons to it. Some things I do for future Liz, some things I do for current Liz, and I attempt to balance [...]
I chuckle these days when people apologize for things not running smoothly. Poor communication with co-workers? Adjusting schedules last minute as parents become teachers on top of their work. Dogs and babies in the background with more people from home. Trouble with technology. I even recently had someone nearly cancel an appointment because they were [...]
We don't know what we don't experience. For example, if we eat certain way, as long as there are no major problems, we won't know that another way of eating could make us feel much better. If we experiment, we gather data and can then decide what to do with it. Yet, constant experimenting can [...]
My husband and I recently figured out that we could share a page in our notes App with eachother. This means that whenever either of us updates the document, the other can see it. We use this for our grocery list. That way, if one of us stops by the store, we can see what [...]
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