I spent some time reading yesterday afternoon in a coffee shop. There were two pretty meaty articles I’d printed out and I needed some time and space to settle in to read them with full attention. After I ordered my iced coffee and found out they had gluten-free ginger cookies (sold!), I settled into a […]
7 Reasons we procrastinate
In an epic effort to squash my procrastination streak, I spent six and half hours weeding the garden this past Saturday. In the whirlwind of finishing my book, I let the garden go untended for a long, long time. I poured all my time and energy into my book. Night and day. Day and night. and… It was […]
Life is like a layered cake
Despite living in a perfectly lovely mountain town (Pisgah Forest, NC), it’s still nice to go somewhere else. Despite really liking my work, loving my client roster right now, and finishing book #3 (Ponder This), it’s still super nice to take a break. And despite my husband, Nelson, being as busy as he’s ever been (in the history of his business, Yellow Dog […]
Seeing what you expect to see (or not)
I’ve had three different experiences of not seeing what’s right in front of me. Three in a row makes me go, “Hmmm…” The first time this happened, I was sitting on the patio of a local restaurant. Our waitress took our drink orders and we settled in to watch a musician do his thing on […]
Fish on (lessons from a film festival)
Friday night found me attending a fly-fishing film festival at our local Oscar Blues Brewery. Being that I neither drink beer nor fly-fish, I wasn’t completely sure what I was in for. The first short film started and I have to say, I was hooked (heh). With good music, awesome camera angles, and a lot […]
Beware the business police
I got amazingly great responses to Tuesday’s blog about slowing down. One reader even said, “We are so used to the go, go, go that just sitting and enjoying watching the birds singing feels like the business police will be banging on our door.” You feel so much pressure to go, go, go, don’t you? […]