Entries tagged with: Balance
Promiscuous Fitness and Other Resolutions
6 January 2015
Allison read How to Find the Right Exercise Routine—and Stick with It! (again) and appreciated three of her favorite things: a good laugh, an efficient way to reinvigorate her workouts, and great advice for making ANY important change.
Should We Get Rid of the Word Balance?
13 January 2015
Allison watched best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert’s 90-second video about how the word balance has become a weapon we use against ourselves and others. Perhaps seeking balance is making it even harder to achieve the healthy satisfaction we crave in all aspects of our lives.
Get Happier by Writing More
27 January 2015
Allison read Writing Your Way to Happiness in the New York Times last week and asked her mama who taught her about this kind of writing in the first place to be a guest blogger today.
Help Your Kids (and Yourself) Limit Screen Time and Optimize Momentum
10 February 2015
Allison read How I Limited Screen Time by Offering My Kids Unlimited Screen Time by Narrowback Slacker and enjoyed great advice for this particular parental challenge as well a useful strategy for helping anyone to get more stuff done and have a better day.
Brownies for Breakfast
17 February 2015
Allison read the Brownies for Breakfast Facebook Invitation from Mary Linn Bergstrom and was grateful for a brave mama’s gift of balance to others.
Email Really Is Pretty Great
3 March 2015
Allison read her first email from her 11-year old nephew, George, and appreciated the reminder that email really is pretty great even if it does feel seriously overwhelming some days.
Notes from the Road to Better Email Habits
31 March 2015
Allison continued her project to improve her email habits and made a little more progress on learning how to achieve the promise of David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.
Lean In
7 April 2015
Janie read Lean In, and pondered the challenges of balancing career and family.
Tuck Yourself Into Bed
5 May 2015
Allison read What You Do Right Before Bed Determines How Productive and Focused You’ll Be Tomorrow and admired Michael Hyatt’s disciplined approach to one of the most important things people can do to get more of what they want out of life.
The Longevity Revolution
12 May 2015
Allison watched Jane Fonda’s TEDxWomen 2011 Talk and celebrated the idea that we all have something to look forward to in our third act.
Multitask and Make Your Commute Matter
18 May 2015
Barbara read Peter Bregman’s blog post, Get More Done During Your Commute, and realized that maybe there is a safe (and meaningful) way to multitask in the car.
Grandma Ruby Lee Johnson, 3 May 1916 – 19 May 2015
26 May 2015
Allison read her Grandma Ruby Lee Johnson’s obituary and paused to celebrate her amazing grandma and business mentor.
Practicing Patience
8 June 2015
Janie read What You Can When You Can: Healthy Living on Your Terms and found herself giving some serious thought to the notion of patience, particularly the idea of practicing better patience with herself.
Joy and Sadness Need Each Other
23 June 2015
Allison watched Disney • Pixar’s Inside Out and remembered that by allowing ourselves to feel sadness and learn from it, we can often find our joy faster.
Thinking Big Thoughts
7 July 2015
After her first day of thinking big thoughts in the Berkshires, Allison read some of her favorite Mary Oliver poems and discovered a wonderful interview with the poet online.
Take a Break
28 July 2015
Allison listened to The End of The Lunch Hour on Boston’s NPR News Station WBUR 90.9 and rode the recumbent bike in her office. (In the phrase, "lunch break," the break matters more than lunch.)
Overwork Doesn’t Work So Why Can’t We Stop?
25 August 2015
Allison read The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies by Sarah Green Carmichael and appreciated an excellent summary of why overwork doesn’t work as well as the writer’s thoughts on why we can’t seem to stop.
In Support of an Email-Free Vacation
15 September 2015
Allison read Vacation Sabotage: Don't Let it Happen to You! by Matt Richtel and celebrated another email-free vacation. She’s on a mission to help more people take a break from email. Could you be the next one?
Relearning Some Important Sleep Hygiene Skills
22 September 2015
Allison read some of her past posts to help herself relearn some important sleep hygiene skills as she’s struggled with a new sleep challenge.
Adjust the Plan When Necessary
29 September 2015
Allison had a complicated night of airline travel and couldn't get a new blog post updated before her Tuesday midnight deadline. Instead, she's sharing her favorite David Whyte poem that helped her to stay calm when the flight got particularly bumpy.
