Several years ago I hired someone who took all my old family home movies (VHS) and converted them to a digital format. My kids have long since flown the nest, both of them successful, loving humans. Converting the videos was about minimizing “stuff” I kept holding...
Distracted or Focused How is your ability to focus these days? You know, the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task? According to Cal Newport in his book “Deep Work: Rules for focused success in a distracted world”, our...
Fogged InLast week I noticed a grey blanket of fog over my creativity. I had great ideas that popped and then went out like a match struck in the rain. A funk hovered over the course of five days almost imperceptible until it became glaringly obvious. I started...
Life is most certainly urgent and precious, we get that fundamentally. It sounds good to say it and to believe that we are living life as though it is precious and urgent on a daily basis. Bullshit… you’re not. Neither am I. It just sounds good. In 1999 I...
My life changed completely the day I discovered I had Thyroid Cancer. There were good changes and some not so good changes. I realize if I had known then what I know now I would have taken a different approach to some of those changes. My cancer was a gift in a lot of...
I’M STUDYING FOR A FINAL, HOW DO I OVERCOME TEST ANXIETY? 1. Health & Well Being first – Make sure you sleep well, eat well and drink plenty of water. In addition, balance your studies while staying connected to people you love. Keep up your regular...
