My hubby Nelson shared an insight he had over the weekend while he was out shooting photographs on the Blue Ridge Parkway. His class was focused on sunrises, sunsets, and macro photography of flowers. And I guess while he was shooting, something about the flowers reminded him of a spider web. This thinking of about […]
Time Management & Productivity
Working hard vs. hardly working
In the last couple weeks, I’ve talked to a number of people about working hard vs. hardly working. Mostly it’s been men (probably because men make up about 75 percent of my client list). We’ve been talking about their dads and how they learned hard work was good work, respectable work, the “right” kind of […]
The “Meez” (or why the first 10 minutes matter)
I recently learned there’s something about why the first 10 minutes matter in commercial kitchens. I’d never heard of this, yet read the most renowned chefs do it and are almost fanatical about the ritual. And I find it fascinating because I do it, too. What is it? Mise-en-place Mise-en-place is translated as “everything in its […]
Three and a half years of practice
On Saturday, I saw the results of nearly three and a half years of practice. It was an almost every day practice. And admittedly, it was an imperfect practice. Yet, I stuck to it. Here’s the magic: Nelson and I were taking our dogs, Marley and Rex, out hiking with us. We were headed for […]
Technology is not the boss of you
If you’ve known me for any stretch of time you’ve inevitably heard me rant that technology is not the boss of you. I had an epiphany a few weeks ago that further strengthened my less-than-positive feelings about our over-reliance and fixation on technology being the end-all, be-all answer to what ails us. It happened as […]
The other “B” word (Busy, busy, busy)
Quite a few people have been writing about “the other B-word” recently – busy, busy, busy. I’ve read about the Cult of Busy; Arianna Huffington asks everyone to Stop the Glorifiation of Busy in her new book Thrive; my very own Make Some Room Manifesto says, ‘Busy is a bullshit word; choose to say something […]