Self-care

Valentine’s Day – Love it or leave it?

As with many special holidays like Christmas and Halloween, there are those that love Valentine’s day – and those that hate it. It’s all in how you look at it and what it means to you. If you love it, perhaps it means romance, and the gifts, cards and fancy dinners that go along with…

Falling Off The Decluttering Wagon (And What to do About it)

Have you ever tried to declutter, go on a diet, or save money – found you were doing really well – and then fell off the wagon? If there’s anyone who hasn’t experienced ‘falling off the wagon’ in one way or another, I have yet to meet that person. We’ve all experienced it in at…

Will you join me in creating a theme for 2015?

In the past, I would set goals and make New Year’s resolutions this time of year – and that worked out okay I suppose. I’m not knocking either one of those processes; but the really great stuff that happened in both my personal and professional life was neither a goal nor a resolution. It was…

Productivity is Overrated (IMHO)

Have you been too busy, too tired, too stressed and too overworked for too long? Are you killing yourself to get things done? Ever wonder if there’s a better way? Productivity is overrated. Yes, you read that right. I know I’ve been a big advocate of productivity – guilty as charged. For some reason, I’ve…

It Just Doesn’t Matter Anymore

Sometimes revelations arise from the most unlikely things. I didn’t start reading fiction until I was 40, because I thought it was a waste of time. My nose was always in a book, but I only read non-fiction (because it taught me important things). Then I discovered Nora Roberts and experienced the indulgent escape that…