Saturday, February 13, 2016
Day in the life
Friday, February 12, 2016
Scratch and sniff
This blog post sums up my feeling about Blaise Mautin and how one person can be so in love with scent that they seek it out.
I have tiny bars of this soap squirreled away in my smalls drawers and nestled within my t-shirts. I would follow you to the ends of the earth if you smelled like the Park Hyatt Vendome. A few years ago, they reformulated the scent. I was heartbroken.
The new stuff is fine, its better than fine, but it isn't the same. It has a lot of citrus overtones and less sandalwood.
I can't wait to immerse myself in the scent in a few weeks.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
The waiting game
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| Way out London, December 2015. |
Vacation head is starting to overtake my consulting head and my class head and mostly, my kon-mari and get my life organized head.
When you start counting down the days until you escape your hamster wheel of life to do something different, it can be hard focus.
I have six days to really focus - phone calls, spreadsheets, stuff to "thank and let go" and dogs that need walking don't give a hoot about if I should reroute myself through LAX nor where I should eat in London.
How do you cope with vacation head?
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
To the North
I love watching the change of seasons as I pass through the Skagit Valley. Fields that are flooded this week will give way to thousands of snow geese and then to daffodils in a month and potatoes in five months.
I'm still unearthing bulbs that have been smothered by mulch and fallen leaves. I am hesitant to remove all the protection that the leaves provide, but it really does feel we've turned a corner. President's Day is the start of the seed planting at Casa Ernest. Sweet peas and lettuce will be sown next week followed by other cool weather crops. I'll put in seedlings as well. I know that is cheating to some, but I'll take anything that looks like it is living.
It makes me hopeful.
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
Goals and giving up
I wish I could tell you have a slew of goals for the month. I'm just going to be delighted by making it through with healthy parents and a few nights of decent sleep.
I have been tracking my food.
I have been keeping better track of what I have accomplished.
I have been feeling much better because I am tracking my food and realizing that I do accomplish quite a bit each day.
I'm not Catholic, but in the past I've given up something I liked or spent too much time doing during Lent. I guess I could do it anytime of the year, but we talk about making these changes or sacrifices either at the beginning of the year when we're loathe to repeat old habits or patterns, or this time of year, when some believe we should suffer.
A friend posted something about the things we should really consider giving up - for Lent, for life, for whatever. A few things that struck home for me were the following.
- Fear of failure (trust me, everything fails, get over it)
- impatience (learning this the hard way with my parents)
- people pleasing (I'm learning this from the dog)
- distraction (what? No, listen, really listen)
- bitterness (see no. 1)
- busyness (Say YES to No)
- resistance to change (be the change, and I don't mean that in a Bernie Sanders way)
I believe these things are much harder to give up than chocolate or Facebook.
Monday, February 08, 2016
Monday Inspiration
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| How I wish I could be this organized - Purl Soho, May 2015. |
Getting more productive is my goal. I look to leaders like Nir Eyal to keep me motivated.
This is a great post to help you become more productive by just changing a few things in how you work and organize your information. Less stuff to see on your desktop, tablet, physical desk, phone - the less likely you'll be distracted and hopefully more productive.
I'm afraid to show you my desk, but I might just have to tomorrow.
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