There is an interesting short series on Netflix called “Cooked”. It is a four episode look at the history of human cooking, and in particular the impact of the hectic pace of our society on our diets, because fewer people are making food for themselves. I’m a bit of a foodie, and there are not many days in … Continue reading Keeping Things Simple: 4 Thoughts For Navigating The Every Day Path
Five Ways To Change Your World (and hopefully the world overall)
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank One of my quirks is that I like to start each morning with a cup of coffee and the puzzle page from the local newspaper. The quote above was the answer to the “Decodaquote” puzzle … Continue reading Five Ways To Change Your World (and hopefully the world overall)
Why Do We Sweat The Small Stuff?
Sometime in the ‘90’s there was a self-help book that may be familiar to many of you – Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff by Richard Carlson. I have to admit I never read it, but I feel like I have based on the number of conversations I’ve had where the title was the core theme. … Continue reading Why Do We Sweat The Small Stuff?
Who Needs Retirement! Three Thoughts On An Engaged Life After Age 50
Retirement isn’t what I expected. Granted, I haven’t really retired in the sense that we have come to know that word, but I wonder how many people today actually do. For me retirement has always been about the third chapter of life where I have created my own definition of retirement. It goes like this… … Continue reading Who Needs Retirement! Three Thoughts On An Engaged Life After Age 50
Shift Happens! Four Concepts For Supporting A Change In Focus
For those of you who humor me as regular readers of my posts here, you may have noticed that I’ve fallen off my habit of posting each and every week. Through the end of 2015 I had faithfully posted for about 175 straight weeks. All of a sudden in 2016, the energy wasn’t there for … Continue reading Shift Happens! Four Concepts For Supporting A Change In Focus
So Now What? Turning Roadblocks Into A Path Forward
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien I’m stealing this quote from my fellow blogger Diana Schwenk, who writes at talktodiana.com. I love Diana’s “down-to-earth, talk about real life” style of writing. I must admit that I never thought of looking to J.R.R. Tolkien … Continue reading So Now What? Turning Roadblocks Into A Path Forward
Leading Essentially 