So have you been thinking about how we’re leaping into a new year? Do you have your list of New Year’s Resolutions? Or maybe you have been planning on just tackling some activities that have been awaiting progress or completion? Nothing too grand, of course… The good news is it’s a leap year— you get …Read More
As my blog post count nears the 100 post milestone, I am surprised that I hit another HUGE milestone last week. If you read me, or know me, it’s no surprise that I keep track of things. I plan, I track, (I sometimes do nothing with the previous information), I fine-tune, I like to know …Read More
I find I truly enjoy my extraordinary life. I feel I’m lucky in so many ways. It’s so simple, yet so satisfying. “Find the Positive.” There are people I know who always seem to have some mess of craziness (cluster*!@#) going on. Their life seems to have so much turmoil and complication, just frequent stress-inducing …Read More
I think I’ve had it with this statement. Oh yeah, life in retirement—kicking back, or go-going—will be amazing and you only have to plan on living off 80% of your pre-retirement salary. Ok, I will concede that normal retirement after the long 9 to 5 to 65 work cycle, living paycheck to paycheck, keeping up …Read More
Many quotes are floating around the interweb—some of the quotes even come from actual books or speakers. The main quote I hear is Jim Rohn’s “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” That makes sense, you all get along, they are similar to you, etc etc. The quote …Read More
I was riding my bike today and that entails listening to podcasts and a LOT of thinking/calculating. Often I’m thinking so hard (and scanning the roadway) that I don’t pay attention to the podcast playing. Do you ever find you are thinking and not paying attention to the sound of the TV or device playing? …Read More