Tag: goals
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Want to Love Work and Life? Stop Using This Word.
Recently Hubbie and I were in search of a new apartment, and before long we stumbled on an amazing option. We high-fived each other for finding this residential gem…with its beautiful garden and unbreakable new appliances. What a find!…we said…it’s our dream home! In our minds it was like our own little doll house… …until…
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Why You Can Chill Out About Other People
A few weeks ago I was weaving my way through an art exhibit. It was set up so that you went through it in a single file line. Sounds simple, right? Except people don’t view art in the exact same way. Some could spend a whole day doing it. Others… …not so much. This particular exhibit…
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A Tale of Two Freak-Outs
What better way to learn a valuable, humbling lesson than by having a total, unadulterated freak-out? Having two of them. I would know. Though Santa was not involved, both of my personal incidents were still special in their own way, and each actually had a different fix. Yet, in the end, they both pointed to the…
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Why Work-Life Balance is Bogus…and How to Get it Anyway
Recently I found myself tackling an ambitiously crazy to-do list. I decided to update my website, start writing my new book, get new client business, keep my blog going and join an extremely well-connected new committee. Oh, and I wanted to have a little fun, too. I told myself it was completely doable. I just…
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How Your Big Goal Can Mess You Up
It’s time for some tough love. I begin with my own, painful lesson. It happened during my morning run, as I was happily jogging by a favorite spot. Suddenly another runner came up behind me, passed me by and kept on going, leaving me in his wake. I felt myself tense up. My competitive spirit…
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The Best Deadly Sin Ever
I met my friend Allison when I was in Junior High. It was a lucky, lucky turn of events. Allison was an only child and her family travelled. A lot. Her parents quickly realized that the best way they could fully enjoy themselves was to take a friend of Allison’s with them. Which is how…
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The Big, Fat, Simple Trick to Getting What You Want
Truth time. When my husband and I first moved to San Diego a few years ago I was in a vulnerable place. We came here because he’d been promoted. Me? I was jobless. Having just come off of my position as executive director of a large nonprofit, I had to face the fact that I…