But I Like My Rose Colored Glasses
Not that anyone would notice, but I kind of like my rose colored glasses. Ten years ago maybe not, but today - you bet. I look at the world around me and I find myself at times wanting to shut it out. Being a normally happy-go-lucky person, saying I want to shut the world out is a big statement for me. I think age changes how we spend our free time, and who we choose to spend it with. While a few of my friends could still be accused of running around with a lampshade on their head, a larger number of them have graduated to being a bonified home body.…
Living The Dream! Hand Me The Remote Please
It's okay to live your life to make bank, but after so many years of the same old grind, a nagging intuition inside your gut will rear its ugly head and tell you "there has to be something more". I see a lot of people leaving lucrative positions in order to personally Live The Dream. People are opting out of existing within the confines of corporate American. They are moving away from the fast paced life style of city dwelling, and migrating to the rural areas of the country. I see them moving to my area all the time. To say they are taking a hit in their salary range would be an understatement.…
Winds of Change
Winds of Change Time changes everything, and we need to be able to re-evaluate our own lives and the direction we are headed in. It doesn’t matter if the direction is one we have selected for ourselves, or one where life itself has lead us there unaware. Sometimes those things that we thought mattered most, are not important any longer. Rather, things that we overlooked or have forgotten from the past come closer to our new reality. Change is an emotional experience that reminds us that nothing is permanent. It teaches us to prioritize those things that are really important. Change can mean loss, but it can also mean gaining…
How to Overcome that Career Hiccup – One Hiccup at a time
Everyone has one - that career hiccup. The first thing I found out about myself after my career hiccup was that I had the ability to write whatever I wanted to, and not feel minimized by it. I also no longer had to sit through those painful Monday morning meetings that felt like I was in a torture chamber. It was a one-man show in those meetings, and no one was allowed an original idea. All creativity was dismissed until it was needed by someone else: but by that time they had already put someone else's name on the idea. It was stifling to say the least. Sound familiar?…
Have You Ever Fired Yourself?
Have You Ever Fired Yourself? Have you ever come home and “fired yourself”? Somedays are like that, and it takes us a long time to unwind from those moments that are a dig to our self-confidence. Rebounding from those moments of self-disclosure are important. The day I allowed someone to steal my work. I had to start over and learn to trust again. I had to let go of the old me, and lean on the new me. In a working environment, I’m to the conclusion that if you aren’t in on key decisions and one of the movers and shakers – the fault may lie with them. “Them”…
