Hello, Lovely Reader!I learned an interesting word at the VOX Magazine Annual Spelling Bee this week. During the practice round, spellers were given teen friendly words that may or may actually be in the Webster's Dictionary. One such word was "Protaskitasking." Essentially, this word means to get busy doing something while actively procrastinating on another task. [...]
Yes, hindsight is always 20/20, but why wait? I once got a fax (!) from my boss on a Friday that said we would be closed on Monday and I thought this was the end of the world. Turned out, it was the opportunity of a lifetime and guided me right toward opening my own business. [...]
Hello!There is nothing like fireworks to get you in a present moment state of mind. A burst of brilliance can really force your attention into the now. The ooooohs and aaaaahs bring us back every year. It's easy to get lost at a firework show. But, why do we need such events to force us [...]
Rather than kill yourself this holiday season, start now little by little to get the job done. This doesn't mean that you need to lug out the tree just yet...just buy things that you will need as you see them. This means ending the, "I'll come back for that" lie that lends to the stress [...]
How Motivation Works 101: The most important and often overlooked concept here is this: Motivation comes after action, never before. So, you'll have to get yourself moving, just the littlest bit, to start breeding the motivation to stick to something. If this doesn't make any sense to you, you may be confusing inspiration with motivation. [...]
If you are waiting for one thing to happen in order to make something else happen, you may want to stop waiting and get on it... One of my clients today, who loves to decorate, said that she wants to buy a new painting for her dining room, but just can’t until the whole house [...]
Hello!Sometimes when we are putting off things like crazy, when we finally get to them, it seems that we're in slow motion-making the task at hand all the more cumbersome. The next time you are finally getting around to something that doesn't take a lot of brain power, try doing it as fast as you [...]
It's really hard...it's even harder, for some strange reason, if you're a woman. But, it's sometimes the very best thing that you can do for yourself.Here's the kicker...if it still feels weird and impossible. Asking for help may actually be added to the long list of things that you are actually doing for other people.People [...]
Sometimes when we are at a crossroads and we need to make a decision about something, the anxiety just from being undecided can be too much. Often, we haphazardly make a decision just to ease the anxiety and later find that we may have been a bit hasty. The next time you find yourself just [...]
We've all heard Einstein's definition of insanity, "...doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Being stuck can be incredibly stressful. The first step in changing our plan of attack is to realize that what we are doing isn't working. I'd like to share a story with you that I heard from [...]