A to-do list is simply a list of tasks to complete. How could you possibly get that wrong? Check how many of the following you’re doing. Is it a task or a project? Do you know the difference? A task is one simple thing: take out the trash. A project has more steps. If you have […]

Do you take time at the end of a week or month to review and reflect? Did you get the things done that you wanted to complete? Did they help advance your goals? What did you concentrate on or put off, and why? Taking time to review and reflect ensures that you are spending your

The average person makes 35,000 decisions per day. Too many to even think about. And they start when the alarm goes off: get up now, or hit snooze? You’ve probably made fifty decisions before you even get out of the door. And if you’re a person who does hair, make-up, and a “look” before you

Journaling is no longer for eighteenth-century young ladies pining away for true love. Today’s journal is a tool, and as such, it can be used in several ways. Keeping a journal regularly is good for your mental health. The act of putting pen to paper can improve your memory and clarify your thoughts. It can

In my mind, I felt a need to “earn my keep”. I remember telling my friend that. She was horrified. I was recently retired, living in a middle-class neighborhood. My husband made good money. We were OK. But I wasn’t adjusting to retirement well. I’d spent so many years being something for other people that

Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash In the fall of 2017, I had two significant “life events”. You know, the kind that psychologists rate on a scale to tell you how much stress they can cause. I took early retirement, rather unexpectedly. And my youngest daughter died. Very unexpectedly. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Business

Photo by Oleg Kukharuk on Unsplash I’ve spent more years than I can count searching for my real dad. People who know me might find that an odd statement, but those who are closest to me understand. I’m fascinated by shows about adopted adults finding their birth parents. I did one of those DNA tests, and

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It’s ironic, when I think about it. I spent so many years wondering what to do with my life, enduring one dead end job after another. When I finally hit upon blogging, the decision became what to blog about. It never occurred to me that writing was what really mattered, more than what I wrote