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Enrichment
I’m free on Mondays after work. And since it seems that I can’t stand free time, I decided to fill my Monday evenings with activities that I enjoy. It all started when some friends and I decided to meet on Mondays for Spanish conversation. Some speak it quite well, some…
Working Clean
I read this article on The Kitchn the other day about “working clean,” which, according to chef Thomas Keller, “can be very specific, referring to ingredients needed to complete a recipe, measured out and ready to use, or it can be more general: are you organized, do you have everything…
Making Time
I have a postcard on my bulletin board that says, “Let’s make time for all the things we want to do.” But making time can be hard. One of the things I love about where I work is the flexible schedule. The cable guy is going to fix my signal…
Changing it up
I keep coming across articles about morning routines. Suggestions, the importance of a good one, “what happened when I did ____ every morning for a year” — that sort of thing. And it’s gotten me thinking about my morning rituals and whether they’re healthy, helpful, or worth the time I…
70/20/10 and Now/Next/Later
I just read this great piece on Medium about managing your time and resources the way Google does: 70% on the now–the deadlines you can see right in front of you; 20% on the next–deadlines on the horizon and some planning for the next quarter; and 10% on the later–innovation…
Smells like team spirit
I ran a marathon relay over the weekend! I was in a team of four, and the way it worked was: everyone had to run a lap, one at a time, in the same order until you were done. So, that’s 16 laps, four per person. No problem, right? It…
Great minds think
You know the saying, “Great minds think alike,” and the rebuttal, “great minds think for themselves.” I submit a new* one: Great minds think together. It’s about collaboration, not competition. *Probably not new.
The flip-side of the fantasy
In my last post, I wrote about being duped by a brand’s image and the fantasy I assigned to owning their products instead of the quality of the products themselves. And I asked myself if could recognize other times I’ve allowed myself to get tricked. But there’s a flip-side to…