That’s a fortune-cookie message I was handed: “Beauty surrounds you because you create it.” To me, it means that we define our own perceptions. We can make a conscious effort to see...
y dad passed away yesterday. He was 81 and died of COPD. And, yes, I’m very, very sad. This is not a blog about him. I may write about him, someday, but not now. I’ve been going...
A while back, a friend shared a quote from 1901 that I copied and saved. Although it is about 115 years old, it still seems current. It is about something that, as an attorney, I notice...
I didn’t need to read Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tiding Up to know I needed to minimize clutter. I have seen a few blogs about her methods, which, for me, seem...
Last week the clocks changed in a whole slew of countries, including practically all of Europe and our neighbor Mexico. But we in the United States, will wait a week to change our clocks...
Earlier this year, I hired a terrific employee who unfortunately lasted only a month. She left not because of me (I hope) but rather for personal reasons unrelated to the job. She may not have...
When I first saw Betabrand‘s “yoga pants dress pants” through a sponsored Facebook post, I brushed them off like I do most Facebook ads. After years of seeing Facebook ads where...
I read about Fancy Hands in a blog a while back and figured I’d give it a whirl. Since then, my life has changed for the better. Fancy Hands is a team of personal assistants to whom you can...
I recently wrote about the Holy Grail that is Inbox Zero: that moment of bliss where your email inbox is completely empty, with all emails responded to and cleared, filed away in folders, or deleted...
Last year sometime I discovered simple bracelet hair ties in Target and excitedly bought some. I began wearing them on my wrist and to tie back my hair when needed. Finally a way to make my wrist...