Your Next Third

I finally got around to reading Younger Next Year— a highly motivating book that explains that while we have to age we do not have to decay. I have to admit that I occasionally thought, “How far can I push this?” How long can I lead this sedentary life before I start to fall apart? […]

Judge your progress, not yourself

Judge your progress, not yourself

Yesterday I was down in the dumps and angry at myself for my lack of progress. I could have been still coasting from another well-received musical event over the weekend, but instead I felt miserable and just kept wallowing in shame because I wasn’t where I thought I should be. My number one goal this […]

Ticking off the boxes on a daunting project

A year ago I was totally daunted by the thought of packing up my house in NH. What would I do with all the stuff? If the subject was raised my overwhelming desire was to put my hands over my ears and say blah blah I can’t hear you. Now it’s happening. In two weeks […]

How To Get Going Again

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”false” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]I’ve been talking recently about vicious self-talk and beating yourself up over not getting further on your goals. It doesn’t help when every time you think about your project you get caught in a loop of regret and […]

Conversations With Yourself

How many of us talk to ourselves like this? “Way to go, good job, you got this, yep that’s the way.” Or does it sound more like, “You idiot. What do you think you’re doing? No one’s going to want that.” A lot of us who have trouble getting things done are very mean to […]