I spent some time with my vision board this past weekend, with the intention of getting clearer on my goals for 2015. I last wrote about my vision board a couple of years ago. Here is a little of what I shared about a vision board then: A vision board is a collection of visual images pasted or pinned to a board that represents things that you want to bring into your life. A vision board uses the … Read More
This isn’t a long post, because I know you’re getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving and I don’t want to “gobble” up your time. (Sorry, that was horrible, but I couldn’t resist.) Thanksgiving as we all know is the day on which we express thanks or gratitude. Today I’d like to convince you to consider practicing gratitude more regularly. A little over three years ago I began expressing thanks more regularly, daily in fact, in the form of a … Read More
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time of late helping clients upgrade their support teams. Support teams are beneficial because we can’t do everything ourselves and the people you may already have supporting you most likely can’t support you in all the ways you need. I’m guessing you already have people on your support team – a doctor, a dentist and friends or family members to talk to. These and other people like them represent basic support necessary for … Read More
We’ve all heard the saying that it takes 21 days to create a habit. It’s really a myth but one that perpetuates none the less. It’s said those of us with ADHD have an even tougher time than the general population with habit creation because of our challenges with self-regulation. But, if creating habits is so challenging, how does anyone ever succeed in creating them? At a recent Catalyst for Change Meetup we discussed challenges with forming … Read More
I recently finished Greg McKeown‘s book, Essesntialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less which is essentially about how to live a more purposeful, focused and intentional life. I’ve been experimenting with minimalism: actively reducing my number of possessions and the number of commitments in my life. As such, I was intrigued by the idea of essentialism. If you’re curious about what essentialism is, McKeown provides us with this explanation, “the basic value proposition of Essentialism: only once you give yourself … Read More
I was lucky enough to spend some time this past Sunday with my colleague Francis Wade, time-based productivity expert and author of Bill’s Im-Perfect Time Management Adventure and the upcoming book Perfect Time-Based Productivity – A Professional Approach, due out this fall. Francis was visiting Cleveland from Jamaica and as I showed him the sights of my city, we discussed how to best help people make improvements to their time demand management systems. As we talked, I … Read More
This past Sunday began with my noticing the herbs I grow in my Aerogarden were looking like more of a miniature jungle than a garden I’d actually want to eat something out of. Out came the scissors and the pruning began. The photo to the left represents the results of those efforts – a pile of compost fodder and some now recognizable basil & parsley plants. This impromptu pruning set the tone for the rest of that cool … Read More
Over the years I’ve helped plenty of people unpack boxes from moves that had occurred many years in the past, sometimes as many as 7-10 years in the past. The boxes had sat unopened for so long because the stuff in them often should never have been moved in the first place. The costs incurred in these situations are significant – the financial costs of packing, hauling and storing these boxes and the emotional costs incurred every … Read More
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” ~ Socrates Amazing to think the warning of an ancient Greek Philosopher, born in 470BC rings so true today. Earlier this year I contributed to a blog posting for my colleague, Linda Samuels. The topic was what I wanted more and less of in the new year. My response: “I’m at a point in my life where I’m actively embracing the idea of less and am pursuing a ‘smaller’, … Read More
There’s a saying that, ” you can’t buy peace of mind.” Probably true, but you can create it. In fact, creating / experiencing peace of mind has been a recurring theme for me over the past week or so. Yesterday was filled with work obligations, but the opportunity presented itself to invite my parents and Aunt Polly, who lives in Michigan and I don’t see very often, to dinner. The “old” Andrea of several years ago would … Read More