Context
Big changes often come with “marching orders” and “because I said so.” Get past that to unlock important context.
Month: September 2025
Attachment
Your attachment to roadmaps, plans, and milestones creates most of the stress around large projects. Break the attachment habit.
Wrap Up
It’s Friday. Wrap up work, celebrate your wins, and honor the boundary between work time and the rest of your life.
Self
Do you treat others in your life better than yourself? Treat yourself the way you treat those you love, turn off the inner critic.
Freedom from Choice
Freedom of choiceIs what you gotFreedom from choiceIs what you want — Devo Heard (or said) any of those recently? And plenty of things like them? That’s a lot of coping happening. That’s the sound of externalizing ownership of actions. Something or someone is “making” your choice for you. Always You always have the power … Read more
Bigger than Any Problem
You are bigger than any problem that occurs in your life. There are a lot of problems that don’t feel that way. Problems that feel as big as the world, sometimes. How can you really be bigger than all that mess? What’s the real problem? You, like most humans, make space in your head for … Read more
Plans, Punches, Pressure, and Probes
So I didn’t have a plan. I did, as I stood there, start to get the seeds of what might, sometime, become a vague step generally in the direction of an intention. I may be stating that too strongly. Steven Brust, Issola How much of a plan do you have for your year? Month? Week? … Read more
Celebrate Your Light
Take time to celebrate your wins today. Do it right after you read this, if you can. If not, go to your calendar and block time for it today. Claim your wins – every Intention that you met. Celebrate your lighthouse moments, where you were conscious and deliberate about living your most important values. Noticing … Read more
A Lighthouse in the Fog
This is a continuation of The Fog and Fog Lights. Change is hard. You act the way you do based on deeply-held values and beliefs, and long-practiced habits. You’ve learned that certain actions “work” for you, so you repeat them. Values When you decide that you want something different in your life, it’s a sign … Read more
Fog Lights
Being Aware of the Fog This is a continuation of The Fog. It’s about those moments, where the anger, or fear, or stress descend like a fog. You’ve made an Intention to change, and reflected on what that change will be and how that change serves you positively. Now, let’s look at the next step. … Read more