You can’t always get what you want. I learned this life lesson as a child, partly from my parents and partly from The Rolling Stones. It holds true today, especially as we venture through this crazy year. I want to go to Disney. I want to see my friends and my family. I want to […]
Read MoreFall is making herself known already this year. Parents around the country are doing some version of back to school, here in Milwaukee it’s sweatshirt weather, and on a walk with my son, he picked up the first red leaf – and to cap it all off, my husband, at the end of this same […]
Read MoreI’ve moved recently from a two-bedroom apartment to a large open loft and to say that the place is a mess is a bit of an understatement. My partner and I emptied all the cardboard boxes, and we decided the mantra for the house the next couple of weeks is “Make it work.” All that […]
Read MoreFor most of us, making major decisions is difficult. It’s supposed to be that way, otherwise we’d all be running around recklessly, and the world would be an even crazier place! It does appear that for some making big changes is an easier, more comfortable, confident and success-inducing process. So, what’s our secret? Is it […]
Read MoreNo matter how great the workplace, how great the coworkers, it’s a natural part of work-life for people to move on. Whether they upgraded positions, decided to do something new, or just needed a change, people leave. And sometimes they leave people behind. I’ve left places before, left colleagues and work friends and family. It’s […]
Read MoreI recently returned home from a three-week family road trip. This was mostly a vacation but not entirely. Since I have been working from home since March, working from the road was fairly feasible. I coordinated to work about one third to one half time and take the appropriate amount of PTO to cover the […]
Read MoreMy friend Liz measured my height and waist last month at a party. It wasn’t just me it was all of us: Meg, Chad, Chuppa, Zack, Daley, we all got measured by this petite 5 ft woman and a measuring tape and charted everyone’s numbers on a chalkboard in her kitchen. For those of you […]
Read MoreAre you a procrastinator? I am in many circumstances! And in others I’m not. It’s all about how we define it. Is it a bad thing to wait till the last minute to really start cranking on stuff? I think it’s a bit of both. I’ve also come to understand that procrastination is a bit […]
Read MoreThe evening was crashing down around us. There were seemingly no options that would allow even more than one member of our party to be happy. Most options were going to make most of the group, in fact, unhappy. It was 5 pm, still 90 degrees, and we quarreled in a piece of shade cast […]
Read MoreInsights are often born out of frustration. I routinely urge my colleagues to pay attention to those moments of repetitive frustration and annoyance and use them to identify opportunities for improvement. Not all are actionable, but I find that most are, and the solutions can be simple. I’ve recently felt a growing disdain for the […]
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