Mental Health
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If I’m honest, which I always aim to be, the title of this one triggers me. I’m not comfortable with it. That said, given my discomfort with it – I figured I’d share with you all as we head full steam into November & December holiday seasons. “Houses should be messy” When you’re in the
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In the first post a couple weeks ago (link), I unpacked the idea of being busy — and how not all “busy” is created equal. There’s the draining kind, where our time feels scattered and reactive, and then there’s the good kind of busy: when our days are full but meaningful, energizing, and aligned with
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Now, there is busyness that reflects a plan of activity, a pattern of priorities, and a sense of purposefulness. It is a good and satisfying busyness through which one grows and increases competence. But there is also a busyness (a destructive busyness, actually) that reflects a chaotic way of life – a way of doing
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Take a minute… turn up your speakers… press play… close your eyes and, if willing, just sing along. You know there’s something about getting odd looks at the red light as you belt alongside Idina Menzel. #ProudDad #Musicals #CantSingButTry Anyways… Here recently I have continued to navigate various aspects of life… children who are growing
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When things speed up and seem to be going really fast around you, how do you reset and keep the stressors in check? At the place I worked right out of college, there was a guy named Glen who took me under his wing and mentored me for a period of time. We’d meet every
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Do you ever take the time to write? I don’t just mean long form writing; I mean quick little notes, capturing quotations, making to do lists, etc. My handwriting is not the greatest, but I have grown to appreciate the analog process of putting pen to paper. Very millennial of me… Honestly, I see it