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I don’t talk enough about the pursuit of simple peace or what the transition has been like. Instead, I spend an inordinate amount of time writing about the reality of everyday vs. the inspiration that got me here. When I work with clients, I describe that running a business is a mix of being bothContinue reading “Simplicity, redefined.”

So, I’m really getting into this half-time stuff. Today was the first Monday I’ve looked forward to in a lllooonnnggg time. I mean, decades. And why was this Monday so worthy? Simply put: the whole world was going back to work and I would have some quiet time to get things caught up. And that’sContinue reading “Of cats and Mondays…”

So, it happens without fanfare. No ticker tape parade. Not even a “going away” party – mostly because I’m not actually going away. Instead, it happens the way I prefer it to happen: a simple fade to black. Calm. Quiet. Today, my new life starts in earnest. In the end, it only took a littleContinue reading “My new life begins.”

A week into semi-retirement and a few things have become apparent. First, I don’t regret waiting until May and I really thought I would. Somehow – and it totally baffles the imagination – I appear to have done this at just the right time for both me and my little family. Secondly, there is aContinue reading “Life here in the slow lane…”

In eight days, I can unofficially begin working half-time. Between now and then, I have only two “hard” days of work left. For all intents and purposes, I am pretty much “there.” So, what is there? Well, if you ask me to describe what I do, I can finally change the answer. What I “do”Continue reading “Life, uninterrupted.”

It’s no secret that the past six months have been especially wild around here. Darryl took the full-time data scientist role at one of his client’s firms. We had a very hectic Christmas season flying to New Orleans and a hellish trip home. And then, renovations happened for 10 straight weeks. Trying to juggle twoContinue reading “Making heartspace”

When I started this blog, what struck me as important was that I had the opportunity to redefine who I was. I didn’t have to be a career girl or a CEO anymore. I could – for the second time in my life – redetermine my future. What then happened over the course of theContinue reading “Redefining who I am…”

Last Sunday, it was 80 degrees; yesterday, it snowed. Today, it will hit a happy medium: about 50 degrees and complete sunshine. And finally, the long-range forecast is showing that yesterday’s cold weather was an aberration. It’s now slated to be in the low-to-mid 60s for the foreseeable future and includes a couple of daysContinue reading “Changing seasons…”

Since last September, we have had three furry ones. One, sweet but sassy older girl and her two “brothers” – 2-3 year-old playful little boys. Because our older one needs medicine twice a day, each morning starts with the same familiar routine: before either of us can get ourselves a cup of coffee or aContinue reading “Mornings with the triplets…”

In my family, we have a fairly inelegant way to declare that our lives are under control: we claim we have our sh*t together. It was a phrase we have each adopted in turn to declare the end of a particularly tumultuous time and the beginning of one that was a little more, shall weContinue reading “Getting it all together”