Becoming a Gay Adult

Monday is my favorite day. I declare it so: and so it is. And it's funny how once you make up your mind about something: the idea sticks. I guess that's what feeds some of our negative projections on people places and things. So I'm turning that ability of our minds to good use. I enjoyed today. So what also helped was a good weekend. I really enjoyed my time AWAY so I could show up with energy and joy today. And I chose to let nothing bring me down: even my errors or people pointing them out: I just CHOSE to have a good day. And so it was. I confess, it was hard work. There were LOTS of opportunities to beat myself up and think that a gaffe would go down in the history books branding me forever incompetent, or worse, fundamentally "slow." However, I brushed those crazy thoughts off and sent them packing...today. The wonder of the world in the whirly-gig of time is that tomorrow is another day! Laugh well...(and have you noticed how many packages and t...

I find the quietest place inside and breathe into it. That can serve as a center for the whirli-gig of work and life. There is a hurricane named Karl in the middle of the ocean. Even from that I need to find the center: the calm in the storm and find peace. It's never as crazy as it seems. How can I within the beginning and end of the waves of what SEEMS chaotic, breathe? Work well.

Life will never be perfect. I left the office today with a pile of "to-do" on my desk that makes my head spin. And yet, I carved out time today to do the following: 1. have a powerful yet shortened work out this morning that cleared my head and got my blood pumping. When I hit the office this morning, I hit it hard and strong, muscling through an anxiety of mammoth proportion about how I was going to get ANYTHING on my plate done. 2. pause and do networking at an industry conference. That raised my sights, beyond my little desk and day to day concerns and showed me the bigger picture. Seeing folks at a career fair quickly snapped me back to reality: I'm lucky to have a job I love in the industry I am most fond of, and in the function I care deeply about, working with people on my team I love and with colleagues to serve whom I respect. Bollywog that it's overwhelming: I'll find healthy, collaborative ways to slog through this period. 3. I managed my netw...

Ever feel as if you're in a whirlwind of a day? Fall leaves getting bright and wind starts to get chilly. Work spins faster on the email, phone and people wheel and it's hard to get on what seems to be a faster and faster treadmill. It's all good if you breathe, get rest and eat well. Bonus: get some exercise. My blood is pumping! That's the challenge today to stay pumped and balanced. Go for it! Work well.

I am refreshed and renewed. I even cooked yesterday and a couple days ago got 10 hours of sleep. Rowe-tastic retreat. Now, pace myself sustainably until the next break. Work and live well.

Heading out for rest and rejuvenation. Happy Weekend Long. Rest Well...Meditate Thoughtfully and Let Go Thought

new definition of happiness = wheeeeeeee i'm definitely excited about the weekend. it's a time for pause, relax, rest, yoga, meditation and concentration on my deepest purpose on earth. what is truly important to me? who do i want to be? and from that quiet to return to work and be effective and present. there's a workshop this weekend on bringing our best self to work. i want and need that workshop to reconnect the daily actions--we spend most of our life at work--to the core of who i am and want to be... now back to work...for one more day. wait for it, wait for it...breathe. work well

Ah life. Sweet life. It goes fast up and down the path. And I'm singing inside and doing my work happily, because I know there's a break ahead that leads in green open space and rest. I think I'll literally take the break, from work, from reading, from computer screens and just let my entire being relax. Live well.