Diagramming Sentences
August in five lines: And now life begins to return to ‘normal’… do I even dare hope it? I am getting ready for three long and wonderful days in assisting a Co-Active Balance course this weekend. Volunteering with Co-Active is one of my favorite ways of giving back to the community while getting to review…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year! The 50 years of life that are mine have more or less operated around academic calendars. August has always been a beginning. Last Year, I finally began to embrace the rhythm of seasons that works for me. Beginning in the cold dark winter (January), doesn’t work for me. It feels more like…
Begin
Once upon a time – in June – I felt listless. Emotionally, I was listless. The same could be said for my life. As a lifelong list maker, my compass and anchor were missing. My challenge wasn’t that I didn’t have projects to attend to, it was (is) learning how to have success in this…
Backlog
Backlog – a word and practice that I learned two years ago in August when I became a Certified Scrum Master with Agile in Nonprofits. If you don’t know what Scrum is, I recommend checking it out ….. It is a process that I love, and don’t have the time to explain. I am also…
Brain-clear
Once upon a time – in June – I felt listless. Emotionally, I was listless. The same could be said for my life. As a lifelong list maker, my compass and anchor were missing. My challenge wasn’t that I didn’t have projects to attend to, it was (is) learning how to have success in this…
List-less
When I returned from Maine, my physical therapist recommended an alternative to my habitual To-Do List Making. My focus, we agreed, was rest and recovery. She saw that her suggestion felt unsettling. “Make a To Done List,” she negotiated. Building a ToDone list worked for two or three weeks. When I stopped it, I didn’t…
