I’m On A 10-Day Cleanse
I’m trying something new: A 10-Day Cleanse. Today is Day 3. I know I’m late to the party. How are so many of you so cheerful and functional doing this? What motivated me to give up sugar, caffeine, wheat, dairy and cocktails for several days? A nagging, lingering case of Modern Life. You get busy, […]
Ya Gotta Believe
Any sports fans out there? Ya Gotta Believe is the rallying cry of the New York Mets. They are currently leading the National League’s eastern conference. If they continue to believe they are poised to make the playoffs this year. They haven’t always believed. The team has had many legendary, late-season meltdowns. Jason Day believes […]
HOW TO BE: John Waters’ RISD Commencement Speech
I hope no one notices that I’ve re-posted-as-blog-post two weeks in a row. But seriously, John Waters’ RISD Commencement Address is a Must Read, Must Flag, Must Share. He reminds us How To Be. I had the pleasure of meeting John Waters when he was a guest on the original VH1 RuPaul Show in, gasp!, […]
How To Bee
In case you missed it, the 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee finals were last Thursday, May 28th. Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Venkatachalam were this year’s co-champs – the Bee ran out of words after Gokul nailed “nunatak.” (A nunatak is an isolated mountain peak projecting through the surface of surrounding glacial ice and supporting a […]
How To Get It Done
A lot of us have ideas. Sometimes even great ideas. But how many of us are able to go from idea to execution to distribution? Like you, I have notebooks, journals, scraps of papers and Pinterest boards full of ideas. Slowly but surely I am putting ideas into action – this blog, for instance – […]
How to Cope with Rejection
Warm hello from the Lazy Blogger. I have missed you. What pushed me to pop my head out of the deep, dark casting rabbit hole was this post about rejection from my friend and client, Dr Darcy Sterling. It’s a wonderful, healthy reminder that we all face rejection from time to time and that we […]
How To Create Your Vision Board
All my life I wanted to be somebody, I see now I should’ve been more specific – Lily Tomlin Inspired by Lily Tomlin and a Facebook post by my fab friend and client Dr Darcy Sterling, this New Year’s blog is all about How To Create Your Vision Board. This is one of my favorite […]
People Have The Power!
It’s election day in the United States. You know what that means? Don’t give away your power. Vote! As Patti Smith sings, People Have The Power! Last week I re-posted to Facebook Ian Mortimer’s article from The Guardian listing the 10 Greatest Changes of the Past 1000 years. I think I added something glib like, “be […]