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Lessons from the Road: The weight of consumerism
How many things do you own? How many things are you responsible for? Every thing we have comes with a cost beyond the purchase price. From maintenance to cleaning to relocating to using: we are required to do much more with our things than we usually think about. Let’s consider a lawn mower: it has the original purchase price, the sales tax if applicable, the time to transport, the space it takes up, the time
Lessons from the Road: Know your values
Ever wonder why we so often don’t follow through on the goals we set for ourselves? Or why it is so easy to slide back into our old habits? One part is neurological: our brain is full of established neural pathways that get larger the longer we reinforce the same behavior. The other part is not having clarity on our values. We can have all of the “right” motivation, including a strong infrastructure of smart
Lessons from the Road: What is Essential
How often do you take a moment to ask yourself: what is essential in my life? Today? Now? What do I need? Knowing what is essential enables us to accurately prioritize. Whether from Stephen Covey’s Time Management Matrix in the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, or any part of the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown, knowing how to prioritize is critical. When we do, we avoid burnout, unhealthy stress, overcommitting, overworking, and a plethora
Alternative Work Style: Lessons from the Road
For the last four months I have been working in the ‘cozy’ space of a 23’ school bus. Managing a business under the best of circumstances is stressful. Doing it on the road feels near impossible some days. The relocating, the dance of not being in the other’s way, and taking meetings without a proper setup can be frustrating. Not to mention the weather, which over the last four months has made me deeply appreciate
Bad Mood Kryptonite
What is your bad mood kryptonite? That thing that makes you feel better when you’re bogged down by life’s stress? Knowing what resets your system amongst input, demands, and timelines can be a significant tool for your toolbox and help you get through whatever it is you’re handling. Is it meditation? Going for a run? Dancing? Watching your children play? Coffee? Music? Napping? Alone time? Lifting weights? Experiment and see what works for you, then
The Importance of Language
After a short walk in the late afternoon sunshine, I found myself praising my noble steeds who come with me almost everywhere; aka my frenchtons. Moose, I’d argue the most sweet and stubborn frenchton, has Intervertebral Disk Disease (IVDD). This means most of what he does has to be monitored carefully as it takes more out of him and can lead to serious injury. It also means he and I connect on a deeper level
Embrace creative living
“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. The hunt to discover those jewels––that’s creative living.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear A couple of years ago I was at Huntington Beach State Park in South Carolina pacing up and down the path to the beach. I was talking to my therapist and out came the revelation that I wanted to
Get back on that horse
A few years ago I was diagnosed with a variety of conditions that came with the term “chronic.” Throughout the grief process, my partner encouraged me to write about it. It was uncomfortable to be publicly vulnerable in a professional world where “weakness = bad.” I sat there knowing logically that vulnerability was a sign of strength, but the risk adverse [read: scared] side of me still wasn’t convinced. How could a young professional, a
Your work-life balance is killing you
This is not yet another article where someone informs you that you need better balance in your life or you’re going to burnout and fall apart. We all know we have to have balance. We all know that the personal side of the stick tends to end up with more mud on it than the work side because the work side allows us to do all the personal things and keep roofs over our heads.