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When is the last time you spent 10 minutes in silence? What about an hour? Or a day? That’s what I did on Sunday afternoon. I didn’t have a plan to turn off all of the sounds and head out by myself. I just knew I wanted to go for a long walk. If I…
When I woke up on Saturday, I looked at my calendar and couldn’t believe it. July 1. It was the first day of the second half of the year. I immediately felt a tightness in my gut. How did this happen already? How could the first half of the year already be gone? How had…
At the beginning of this year, I made a list of 22 things I wanted to do in 2022. This wasn’t my typical list of goals that I would have to work hard to achieve. They weren’t meant to stretch me or make me a better person. To be honest, I was in a pretty…
This year got off to a slow and brutal start for me, so even though it’s the second day of March, I’m just now getting around to reflecting on 2021. I’m sure you understand. As we all know, the past two years have been tough. If you are like me, you spent a lot of…
One of the life lessons I was reminded of frequently in 2020 is that we all have the power to choose our attitude regardless of our circumstances. We can spend our time complaining about our situation. We can long for the past or sit around just waiting for things to change. Or we can choose…
For much of the year, it seemed strange to me that I had chosen “free” as my word of the year during a 12-month span that restricted so much of my freedom. “Stay at home” was the mantra of 2020. We lost our freedom to see family, gather in large groups, eat in restaurants and…
I’ve now worked at my “new”-ish job for a year. I’ve reached a strange point in my existence in which my pre-pandemic experience is starting to become less than my current reality. More than half of the past year – seven out of the 12 months – I’ve worked remotely due to COVID restrictions. I spend…
A few weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about organizational culture and the huge impact it has on how people act and feel. During the past 12 months, I’ve had a unique opportunity in my life of being part of a number of different organizations and seeing firsthand how significant culture is in…
“I’m not supposed to be here right now.” An anguished big sister spoke those words on Friday morning at her 18-year-old brother’s funeral. I can only imagine how surreal that moment must have been for her. We aren’t supposed to be attending funerals for our little brother or our son or teenage friend. It was…
What do you think of when you picture the word “free”? Are you running through a field of flowers on a warm summer day? Are you walking barefoot along the beach, listening to the sound of the waves? Or do you imagine removing chains that have held you captive? I know that “free” is my…
