I don’t go onto social media very often. I loathe the ads that appear in my Facebook feed. And I never really learned how to effectively use my Instagram account. For whatever reason, I did look at Facebook this morning and I’m glad I did. The first post they came up wasn’t the typical ad…
Growing up, I did a lot of different things. Not just school. I was involved in everything. Sports, clubs, not to mention the social life. I was a pretty good student, did fairly well in sports. All in all, I was good at a lot of things. But as I grew older, the number of…
We all know that not everything in life is good for us. And when faced with these good vs. bad choices, the opportunity to say yes or no, the decision is easy. But sometime the answer isn’t always clear. Sometimes the opportunity presented may seem like a good choice when it really isn’t. Various opportunities…
Special projects can fit into a lot of the categories we’ve already talked about, but they have one thing that may differentiate them from others in those categories. They all have an end goal. Sure, they may fall into the category of volunteering, or a hobby, or even spring cleaning. But it is that end…
There’s an old saying that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Maybe if that dog is of the canine variety, that’s true. I mean, they do tend to get a bit lazy and just want to eat and sleep in their golden years. But for us old dogs that are human? That’s simply…
I’ve finally realized – much later than I wish I had – that my daughter is the greatest thing I will ever do. Our kids are the greatest thing we will ever do. My husband always had what he called the countdown. “We only have 10 years with her before she goes to college.” “We…
Maybe we try to fool ourselves into thinking we only need to do those nasty projects that always exist in our lives once a year by calling them spring cleaning. The reality is, they exist in every season, and all the time. And they don’t always take the form of cleaning. Think about it. You…
Whenever I hear the word hustle, I automatically think of Pitbull’s lyric in Usher’s DJ Got Us Falling in Love. You know the one. “I’m a hustler baby, but that you knew. And tonight it’s just me and you.” Pitbull is referring to a different type of hustle in this instance, but being a hustler…
While you have come to realize that your job, your career, is not your purpose, that doesn’t mean you have stopped looking for a new job. It simply means that you have realigned your priorities in life and finding a new job is something you do, not obsess over. When I was first laid off,…
Remember, when it comes down to it, our true purpose is people. Of course that begins with the people in our lives – our family and friends. But there are more out there that need us. More people. More causes. Those that need assistance from the special skills – or heart – we have to…
