Just reason #5,780,234 that I like my job.
Work
White Space
My friend, Random Cathy, and I have both written about the importance of white space. It amazes me how I can so quickly forget the lessons I’ve previously learned – like the importance of white space. I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately. Overwhelmed by work, home responsibilities, guilt over lack of connection with friends […]
Building Community
In my “great return to regular blogging” – however temporary it may be – I thought I’d do some catch up on 101 items that I’ve crossed off the list. Thus, bubble tea yesterday and today, reengaging with my professional women’s network. Here’s the thing: It’s important who you spend time with. I realized this […]
Guess I Really Needed That Beauty Sleep
We’ve been tired. Busy, yes, but mostly tired. We blame allergy season and the drought-exacerbated dusty air for our lack of ability to sleep deeply. That’s why we went to bed at 9 pm the other night. An early turn-in and a slightly later rise left us feeling much closer to human. Not 100%, but […]
The Balance Continuum Isn’t a New Question
Life/work balance isn’t a new issue. We’ve been questioning ourselves and our choices for generations. The Choice The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, And if it take the second must refuse A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark. When all that story’s finished, what’s the […]
Some Things Never Change
Something else I found when going through old school boxes – a career assessment based on my skills and interests, from 1985 (ack!). I was 14 years old. On the list nearly 30 years ago? Components of my job today! Journalist Public Relations Specialist Technical Writer Odd how accurately the assessment predicted my natural bent, […]
Living Deadline to Deadline
I think I’ve become a boring person. Lots of work, lots of running and not enough time resting to engage my creative juices. It’s a deadline-to-deadline existence. So the question is what should I do about it? I enjoy my work and really enjoy running. There just doesn’t seem to be enough white space between those two […]
Breakfast with a Master
Tuesday morning, a colleague and I headed to Fort Worth for the morning. We were attending a by-invitation press preview for the new Piano Pavilion at the Kimbell Museum of Art. Really there are times that I just feel so ridiculously lucky to be doing what I do. My company built the new pavilion (let’s […]
Wednesday
Is there anything more discouraging than leaving work a tiny bit early and still arriving home after dark? (The back and forth of daylight savings can be a real downer!) Some weeks you’re a whirling dervish at work. Other weeks you’re a snail. This is one of the latter weeks for me. At least our […]