Weirdness and Awesomeness

I follow a woman named Marie Poulin, because she is an expert in Notion— a glorious all-in-one workspace tool that I adore.  On Saturday she sent her newsletter where she talked about what stops people from “shipping,” that is, putting their work out into the world.  I can’t find a link to it online so I will […]

This isn’t working for me

I want to rewrite history. I want to make a different decision in the moment, but the moment has passed. So my only option, aside from kicking myself, is to feel my conviction so intensely that I never make that mistake again. Here’s what happened. We were staying with friends in Avignon in a comfortable […]

I dunno. What do you wanna do?

I was commiserating with a client recently about a tendency to wait around until others decide what to do before determining what it is that I want.  This default to passivity isn’t a kindness. While it may look like I’m being gracious and letting the other person get what he or she wants, it’s actually a […]

How did I come to be living in Italy?

A friend just asked me how I came to be living here. It’s hard to pick a place to start the story. There are dozens of flashes through my synapses when I’m asked the question– little photons that to me seem part of the whole picture but probably aren’t relevant to anyone but the most […]

Rethinking Just Do It

I have long felt the urge to punch the copywriter who penned Just Do It because it sounds to me like an order– a condescending directive from someone who doesn’t appreciate how impossible the proposition is. I get that I’m reading too much into it. I probably spend more energy resisting effort than it takes […]