I don’t know about you, but my mind is constantly “on.” I’m thinking ahead to upcoming interactions, coming up with strategies to meet my goals/deadlines, ruminating on past conversations, trying not to care what others think of me or my social media posts, figuring out how to improve my relationships, running through book ideas, planning
In my first job as a programmer, my company’s sales team consistently promised clients super-short turnaround times that we couldn’t meet without working serious overtime, sometimes as much as 16-hour days. Talk about stress. Had they given us another day or two for each project, I might not have been so glad to quit when
Snow is beautiful. It can also create stress. I’m listening to an interesting book called Brain Rules by John Medina. One of the chapters deals with the effects of stress on the brain. Short version: it’s generally not good! And while I was tromping through the white, fluffy stuff with my dog—we’ve had about a foot
What’s the opposite of a hoarder? I guess a minimalist? A minimalist is what I aspire to be in every aspect of my life. For me, clutter of any sort adds stress to my life. The low level kind that weighs on you in the background. It’s not only irritating, but distracting. I find myself
I will never deny that finaling in the Golden Heart® and two other contests has been awesome. Never. However, it has added an unexpected level of stress and distraction to my life this past week. The email from all of my new loops could be a full-time job in itself. And now I’m freaking out