This is a guest post by Christine Kane. If you’d like to guest post on this blog, click here. Did you ever see The Bucket List movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson? If not, it’s one of those movies that’s a little hokey but can be a tear-jerker and has an underlying motivational life-lesson [...] Read more »
Am I selfish to want this now?
Having recently returned from a 3 day anniversary break with my lovely wife of 24 years, my mind wanders with thoughts of having the freedom to enjoy life as I please. I woke up on one of those mornings during that brief respite to this site from our hotel room of the sun coming up [...] Read more »
25 Things to do Before You’re 25
This is a guest post by Elysabeth Teeko . If you want to guest post on this blog, click here to get more information. Take life by the horns in your twenties! Now is the time to live with gusto and have no regrets. Take advantage of your youth, energy, and zest for life. Doing [...] Read more »
If you could bottle it, what would it be?
I was putting on my shirt the other day after a great workout at the gym. And as I was doing so, I felt that sheer sense of exhilaration that I typically feel after a rigorous workout, even though it was only 5:45AM. I remember uttering to myself “I wish I could bottle this feeling”. [...] Read more »
The Special Benefits of Giving Blood
Given the tragic circumstances surrounding Haiti, and the devastation in that area, there has understandably been a huge outpouring of support for those poor people. Unfortunately, one of my co-workers grew up in Haiti, and he still has family over there. The support he has received at my work has been uplifting to him and [...] Read more »
Could you use a life coach?
Have you ever thought that you might need someone you can turn to when you are faced with challenges in your life? Or do you need someone to bounce ideas off of, or to talk to at a time when you just need to get something off your chest? Or perhaps you need a sympathetic [...] Read more »
A Cleansing Season.
There is something about the spring and the fall that triggers a cleansing gene. If you live in a harsh climate, the spring is relegated to cleanup from the winter. The coolness of the fall invigorates the body and mind to work on projects before the winter bears down. [cw4]Removing clutter, organizing, and upgrading is [...] Read more »
Cubicle Bliss: 10 Steps to create an inspiring workspace.
If you read my bio, you can clearly see that I spend the majority of my life at work sitting in a cubicle. On average we’re talking about a good 10 hours per day. You could probably call me an “expert” when it comes to cube-sitting. So, instead of treating my cubicle like a prison [...] Read more »
She left home, bye bye…
“She, we gave her most of our lives. Is leaving , sacrificed most of our lives. Home, we gave her everything money could buy.” (lyrics from She’s Leaving Home from Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles) Talk about lifestyle changes. I just joined the ranks of parents who have had to drop their [...] Read more »
Your best is second to none…
(This is the 4th and final entry in a 4-part series of posts associated with the book “The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom” by Don Miguel Ruiz.) In my last post we looked into the 3rd agreement, “Don’t make assumptions“, which is discussed in the book entitled: “The Four Agreements: A Practical [...] Read more »