Since I’ve gotten back from my trip, I’ve been in major clean out mode. And if you’ve been reading these notes from me for any amount of time, you might be asking yourself, “What else does she have to clean out?!?!” After all, just a few months ago, my goal was to get rid of […]
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#UNPLUG
Yesterday, I was sorting through quite a backlog of snail mail. Lots of junk, too many credit card offers (feh!), and a bill or two. My favorite part of the mail is getting magazines. I don’t subscribe to many, but I love the ones I get. Inc. Magazine, Mother Earth News, Fast Company, and Our […]
17 days and 225 miles on the Colorado River – Grand Canyon
I’m back! Honestly, though, I’m back physically, but mentally I’m somewhere else entirely. In case you’re new here or you hadn’t heard, I just finished a 17 day, 225 mile, self-supported rafting trip in the Grand Canyon with 16 other people. Trying to process the last three weeks is going to take some time. Some […]
Wine snob, coffee snob, what kind of snob are you?
I confess: I’m a total coffee snob. It’s gotten so bad that I can’t even stomach gas station or diner-type coffee anymore. Mediocre. Drinkable, maybe. But completely not worth it. Now, I go all out. Organic, fair-trade beans. Organic half and half. I even use non-bleached filters (because bleach is bad!). I have a small, […]
Rapid toggling between tasks
So today I read that rapid toggling between tasks is a bad thing (and even anticipating having to do this is bad). What exactly is “rapid toggling between tasks?” Attending a networking event, listening to a speaker, and checking email on your smartphone under the table Walking on the street, checking email on your smartphone, […]
What will three weeks off get you?
I live in Charlotte, NC and one of the biggest things that happens here each spring is the Wells Fargo Championship Golf Tournamet. And every single year, the “buzz” builds as we wait (breathlessly, I might add) to see if The Man is going to attend. Who is the man? Tiger Woods. This town gets […]