Have you ever had a year that got out of control? If not, congratulations. If so, then you know how it feels. 2023 was supposed to be a quiet year. A year to focus on basics and simplicity. While I’ve definitely focused on the basics, it has not been simple. In fact, I think this […]
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Checking in With Myself
It’s the mid-point of the first month of a new year. Just about the time for New Year’s Resolutions to die, best-of-intentioned habits to become wearisome and life to resume as it was sixteen days ago. And yet, somehow, for me it hasn’t reverted (yet). By focusing on the basics I’ve deliberately kept my goals […]
December 2022 – Wrap Up
December was exceptionally busy, but the busy was centered around friends and family. That’s not a bad things at all. Our last run of the Galloway season was cold and sparkly. Just what you’d want in December! We don’t often get much of a fall, but this year was a doozy of color. Who cares […]
2023 Word of the Year: Basics
Last year I saw tremendous life restoration, particularly a return of hope and joy. What 2022 didn’t bring, though, was a return of habits. Consistency was a challenge for me. I think this is perhaps an unsurprising result of a lot of extended emotional, physical and work stress. Let’s call it Life PTSD. We’ve been […]
Looking back on 2022
Well, 2022 was both a great and challenging year. My major goal from the start of the year was to refocus. I think to a large extent, that’s what we did. We spent most of the year with a tightly-focused field of priorities: I spent a good portion of the year restructuring my team (including […]
June 2022 – Wrap Up
We kicked off our 8th season of leading Dallas Galloway. I went to Houston for the annual TAMIO conference. And I came home with two awards for our team’s work! We had a successful first-ever Donut Dash 10k with our Galloway runners (despite the heat). And because I love England, of course I ran the […]
May 2022 – Wrap Up
May was super busy, which made it go by in a flash. Employee Appreciation Week always brings fun opportunities to visit our facilities and take care of our teammates. Coldplay returned to Dallas!!! This concert brought us so much joy. It was wonderful. We followed the concert up with a trip to see the Interactive […]
March 2022 – Wrap Up
Ah, March. Spring has sprung and life got pretty busy at the same time. Voting day! Always vote, especially in local races. We went to a Chef’s Dinner at Terra Eataly. It was wonderful! The Texas-Kansas nativity Kelly custom ordered for my birthday was ready to come home! Soup Week – now Soup Month – […]
February 2022 – Wrap Up
February kept us guessing with the weather (what a roller coaster!) and with family (again…can’t we keep everyone healthy and whole for just a while?). It just seems to be what life is about these days. The sunrises and sunsets were especially showy. We loved them. Surprise! Another winter storm. Time to spin up the […]
January 2022 – Wrap Up
January 2022 can be summed up thusly: Non-COVID head colds, weekend trips to Tyler, weekday trips to Paris (TX), running, more work and deadlines than hours and days available, and books. We started the year with colds, but still hosted and ran our first annual Dallas Galloway New Year’s Day 5-miler fun run and 2 […]