September 2017 -

What Happens Together Gets Wired Together

When I say the word “movie”, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Most people would say “popcorn”. Heck, it doesn’t seem like the full experience without having both! But, have popcorn every time you go to the movies and now you’re hard-wired for movies and popcorn.

Do Type A People Have a More Complicated Life?
Are You Type A or Type B? We all know someone who is a Type A personality. We typically think of them as fast-paced, competitive, very self-critical, quick to make decisions. In their mind, whatever they’re working on should
What Happens Together Gets Wired Together
When I say the word “movie”, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Most people would say “popcorn”. Heck, it doesn’t seem like the full experience without having both! But, have popcorn every time you go to the movies and now you're hard-wired for movies and popcorn.
The Top 3 Method and the Element of Time
In my last post, “Simplifying Your Life with the “Top Three Method”, I shared with you a clever approach to getting things done – a way that would help clear away actual clutter and mind clutter. Too much of our
Simplifying Your Life with the “Top Three” Method
As I look at my desk with its stacks of paper and scattered notes, I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever be able to dig my way out. I’ll have success for a while, see the grain of my desk (thinking,
Where Does Time Fit Into a Peaceful Life?
What would you say is the number one stressor in your life? For most, it’s “time” and the seemingly lack of having enough or having too little control over it. I recently was listening to an interview Rick Steves (the
The Art of Simplifying Your Resources
Talk to any carpenter or building contractor and they’ll tell you that there’s always another tool they feel they could have in their tool box. If they just had a particular blade or sander, their job would go much more
Singular Impact – Is It Worth Your Time?
I recently was reading the book, “All the Light We Cannot See”, by Anthony Doerr. I highly recommend this Pulitzer Prize winner. In it I found an answer to the question “Is It Worth It?” that I pose in my
Is It Time to Stop Tinting Your Hair?
Dyeing one’s hair has been around for centuries. If a lady wasn’t using henna or indigo, she might have used turmeric, black walnut hulls, or red ochre. Synthetic dyes trace their history back to the 1860s, But it was in
Addicted to Busy
I hope Brady Boyd won’t mind my using the title of his book for my blog. It just says it all. It’s why I wrote, “Is It Worth It?” — to help fix all that busyness. It’s so easy to
Finding Your “Bliss Point”
Bliss is one of those feelings that when you’re feeling it, you know what it is. Many define it as perfect happiness, joy, pleasure, delight, ecstasy, even euphoria. When was the last time you experienced bliss? It’s definitely not