How many times have you bought some newfangled cool product thinking, “I’ll use this all the time!” Only to find that actually…you never really use it. The quintessential example is, of course, the exercise bike. But there’s other examples too, such as kayaks or bread makers or hot tubs. But sometimes, it “sticks”, and you […]
See title above. Do you ever feel this way? I do, a lot. I’m sure most of us do. The reason for this is you are working on things that don’t directly contribute to your tasks you want to accomplish. It is easy to get caught up in a flurry of emails, meetings, and phone […]
This is my planned 30-day check-in on this post. So far, my goal is met and my outcome is achieved; I have consistently posted once a week since I made that commitment. Go me! As we follow a standard “project-management-like” playbook here, what’s the next step? Let’s do an after action review. I can tell […]
Want to hear a trick that might reduce your stress? I’ve both read the book and seen the movie The Martian, and I think both are great! But there’s one part that really stands out, that really resonates with me. At one point the protagonist is talking about solving problems, and says something along the […]
Well, that was an extended break—longer than I expected. It’s interesting to see how easy it is to fall out of habits quickly. I’ve read in more than one place that you need to stick with something for at least 30 days to make it a habit, but it sure is easier than that to […]
Like many people, I can get stressed and overwhelmed. This is fairly common, I suspect, in many jobs because so many roles are about juggling and organizing multiple thoughts and priorities and tasks all at once. When it gets to be too much, I get what I call, task overloaded. I have tried to teach myself […]
I talk a lot about having to put thought into things. I even have a term for it: “Stare at the wall mode”. (You’ve probably heard me use this term before on this blog.) This is when you are wrestling with something in your mind and are working on trying to solve a problem or […]
So I have been packing and preparing to move (which may be why I have been remiss in posting lately). This involves packing a lot of boxes, and then moving said boxes into moving trucks (or more accurately, in my case moving-truck-sized shipping containers sitting on my driveway). I spent a recent Saturday packing a […]
One of my first jobs was working at a pizza restaurant. There are many little tips and tricks you’ll learn over time at any job, and here’s an important one I learned when cooking pizza. As we would pull the pizza pans from the oven and transfer the pizza onto a cutting board, the pans […]
You know the old saying, “It’s not the act of doing something hard, it’s getting started.”? And once you get started it’s not that bad. I know that is true with me. If I have a task I need to do, like wash the car or mow the lawn or run on the treadmill, what […]
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