Author Archives: gmayeaux

Today is our Thanksgiving. Like me, it’s a day late and a dollar short. At least this time it was deliberate. With the two oldest kids now married, we made the infamous “holiday shift”. You know the shift… the time when you need to yield to other family obligations and shift your holidays to otherContinue reading “Real life and such”

It’s a cold, wet miserable day. It’s also the first of five days off. I’ll take it. No, my outdoor decorations are not getting done today – I still have tomorrow, if I’m so inclined. Plus, I can finally finish getting our little homestead ready for Thanksgiving. Outside of my office, the house is cleaned.Continue reading “The ladders are put away for Thanksgiving.”

This morning, at just before 1 a.m., my little Subie pulled into our driveway. The only deer I saw the entire trip were the two deer in my front yard. Those same deer watched me unload my car, retrieve my corporate credit card from where it had slid off the seat and trudge it allContinue reading “Home (at last!) for the holidays.”

It’s 10 days until Thanksgiving and two days until I travel again. Thankfully, this is a really quick trip and it’s as stress-free as I can make it. I am flying into a small airport, taking a car service to and from the airport and onsite just for one six-hour presentation. Easy. Peasy. Done. Then,Continue reading “Travel and Thanksgiving – the big “T”s”

In just three weeks it will be six years since I was a CEO. I’m still in therapy for it. Not real therapy, mind you. Self-therapy. You know, the kind where every once in awhile you need to escape? Yep, that’s me. I was supposed to travel this past week for work. Instead, our gigContinue reading “Therapy for a recovering CEO”

Each night, we have a ritual. As we sit down to eat and possibly enjoy a drink, we each name the three things we are grateful for that day. The practice is rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy. By forcing yourself to consider the things that you are either happy about or that went well thatContinue reading “On giving thanks.”

So, today is the kick-off to my holiday season. Yep, I know, it’s Halloween and Halloween IS a part of my holiday season. Genuinely, I love this time between Halloween and January 2nd. It’s everything I love about life: family-focused, fun, a bit nostalgic, cozy and – if the magic is right – it feelsContinue reading “All Hallow’s Eve”

Today, at long last, I head to sunny Florida for a three-day theme-park trip with my bestie. We’ve had this trip planned since May. We both loved the Harry Potter series and we live in Northern climes… a last escape for three days of summer before the snow flies always feels like a guilty treat.Continue reading “Girl trippin’”

Right now, Iris (our irobot) is cleaning my floors downstairs. Outside, it’s raining on my freshly mowed and trimmed grass. When Iris finishes (and I’ve had a shower and washed my hair), I will be officially caught up. Let that sink in: I will be officially caught up. Now, I haven’t been in this positionContinue reading “Caught up?”

So one of the biggest things I try to do in my post executive life is to keep my calendar fully meted out so that no one day, week, month or season gets out of control. I can handle a day or two and can definitely handle a week. But when I get to crazyContinue reading “A busy calendar?!”