As many of you know, I have been doing a lot of traveling lately. Since January, I’ve been to California, Florida (twice), Ohio and Denver. As a result, I have picked up some great ideas on how to make travel less stressful and more enjoyable. I’d like to share some of my tips in hopes [...]
I’ve played it safe most of my life. It’s no secret that I don’t like to rock the boat, don’t want to ruffle any feathers, and want everyone to think I’m a ‘nice girl’. I am very uncomfortable with criticism and conflict, probably because I have gone to great lengths to avoid exposing myself to [...]
Every year, my husband buys me flowers for Valentine’s Day. But this year, since I was leaving town the next day and wouldn’t be around to enjoy them, I asked him not to bother. (How practical of me, right?) Little did I know that he would give me a gift which showed his love so [...]
It’s that time of year again – a fresh start and a new agenda to go along with it. I’ve been buying the same planner for years (Taylor Planner) and I believe it’s the single most important part of my time management success. One year, I tried using a PDA instead but I was missing [...]
This is the time of year that many of us make our New Year’s resolution. Sometimes, it’s the same one as last year, and the year before, and maybe even the year before that. Why are New Year’s resolutions so hard to keep? What can we do differently to make this the year we finally [...]
I was having lunch with my friend Christine Cushing last week, and she gave me a copy of her book, Fearless in the Kitchen (also the name of her new TV show). As I was riding the train home, I noticed an ad for Taylor Swift’s new CD, Fearless. That night, I watched an episode [...]
When I was in junior high school I remember learning how to make chocolate pudding in home-ec class. Later that day, I was excited to make it at home for my parents. I measured out all the ingredients, then mixed and poured them into the pot. I was stirring the pudding on the stove, waiting [...]
The other day, I was having a conversation with my wise friend Sue and she said to me that holding on to negative emotions is like having a clog in your drain; the water still flows but not as freely as it would if the clog was cleared. But if we ignore the clog, more serious problems can occur [...]
Do you agree that our thoughts create our feelings? Have you ever noticed that if you start thinking that there’s too much to do and not enough time to do it in, you begin to feel hurried and stressed? The stress you experience actually comes from the inside, not the outside. It’s how we think [...]
I find that the older I get, the important it is for me to be organized. Shortly after my 40th birthday, I started to notice that my memory wasn’t as sharp as it used to be. I experienced moments that felt like someone hit the pause button on my brain – I call it ‘mental-pause’. [...]