Once upon a time I didn't use a planner. "I am not a planner," I said to me. "I live in the moment," I responded. "Planning is for people who are not me," I said. But then I realized I was always writing notes everywhere. Even on my hand. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but one good washing of …
How to Add an Inclusion Rider to Your Contract
Inclusion rider? What's an inclusion rider? I wasn't really rooting for Frances McDormand to win an Oscar last night. But I'm glad she did. She set an example for all of us about how to leverage our influence, think outside the box, and elevate others for the sake of progress. Progress, I'm …
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Confessions of a (Recovering) Planner-Free, Freespirit
When I worked at the insurance company, someone from the office where supplies were inventoried, would send an email near the end of the year reminding us to order our planners for the next year. I had forgotten all about that, until I began shopping for a planner for myself for 2016. In my …
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The Gift of Work
"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." Colossians 3:17 "Mom, can you help me out? Would you dry the dishes?" As soon as she asks me, I can feel resistance rising up on the inside. I don't like drying …
What Does It Mean To Have It All?
When I reach over to flip the switch that turns on the garbage disposal, the machinery jumps to attention and water in the kitchen sink swirls counterclockwise down the drain. I rinse a cereal bowl under the stream of warm tap water and reach behind me to place the inverted bowl on the top rack of …
Letting Vacation Ride Shotgun
I don’t know why it takes such effort to get here, where time slows and work pauses and phones are silenced and to-do lists wait unchecked on the kitchen counter. Where we are re-created in the break from the routine. Maybe it’s the breaking that scares us off and makes us think we’ll be undone. But …