To mow our rather massive yard, it’s a three-step process, although the order can be switched up depending on the circumstances. But first, there is trimming around all of the trees, gardens, structures and the house itself. The next step is to hand mow both the backyard portion that we use everyday and around someContinue reading “Lawn mower revelations”
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It IS real.
So, it’s been almost three weeks of “new life”. In fact, Friday is the three-week anniversary, but who’s counting? And while it’s early days yet with the distractions of a major renovation project cluttering up the process, life is different. First, the outside pressure is off. I hadn’t realized that in working as a consultantContinue reading “It IS real.”
Springing forward!
The sun is shining for the first time in over a week here and the sky is one of those brilliant blue mornings that fill the house and my heart with light. After winter’s return, it feels like spring is finally going to have its say. The weatherman predicts the next two weeks will beContinue reading “Springing forward!”
Wait?! There’s time to read?
One of the first things to go when I got so busy was making time to read. If it wasn’t a trade journal, information I was authoring for a client’s needs or some other work-related material, I wasn’t reading it. Reading had become a luxury I could not afford. When others would post on socialContinue reading “Wait?! There’s time to read?”
What success looks like…
When I was a CEO, I used to ask a question that drove my staff nuts: what does success look like? Whenever we would start a project, I would ask those five little words, mostly to groans, eye rolls and a few half-hearted laughs. It became our running joke and I rolled with it. DeepContinue reading “What success looks like…”
All things warm and wonderful.
When it gets crazy, the crazy get… better focus? After a somewhat bumpy January when I let the stress and demands of others – mainly work – begin to erode my sense of simple peace, it’s now February and my head is back where it belongs. And now that I’m back here, I am onceContinue reading “All things warm and wonderful.”
A simpler peace
It’s a typical Tuesday here. There is just enough snow on the ground to remind you that it’s winter (although it should melt by the end of the day) and so far there have been at least two kitty dust-ups. Both were playful but one resulted in a missing collar and the other sent aContinue reading “A simpler peace”
Picking up steam
So, technically, today is only Day Four of my gift of a year. I’ve already vacillated quite a bit. Should I just stay and give in? Do a little more quiet quitting, reduce my time even more? Should I just suck it up and realize that if I stay, life is predictable if not frustrating?Continue reading “Picking up steam”
Day 3.
So, it’s day three of my gift of a year. Not much has changed from day two… at least on the outside. Honestly, if you were to look around my house right now you would have one thought: chaos. By looks alone, it feels like we’ve gone backward. That’s because there’s currently 600 square feetContinue reading “Day 3.”
Burnout and daydreams…
Coming back to work after breaks has been getting harder and harder. July was tough; December has been a killer. The amount of headspaces I need to be in, the sheer routine of what I’ve been doing lately and the pressure of keeping up my hours has led me here: I’m burned out. There. IContinue reading “Burnout and daydreams…”
The Yuppie Homesteader 