Organization
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Living Priorities
→: Living PrioritiesA few weeks ago, I got frustrated with a pattern I’d observed. I would, in non “crazy” week work out 5-6 times. Then the following week something would happen – I’d have to take a trip, be out every night, get sick… something. And work out maybe once. This oscillation and unpredictability – sometimes working…
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Bagels, Chores, and Compromises
→: Bagels, Chores, and CompromisesI discovered something new about where I live at the weekend. The nearby drugmart doesn’t sell bagels. I’d always assumed that they would, but when I tested that theory I found it lacking. Living in a small place, there wasn’t anywhere I could continue on to and so I ended up at my boyfriend’s apartment…
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Grownups Make Choices
→: Grownups Make ChoicesFor the cool-down at spin class, the instructor put on some Andrew Lloyd Weber, I think something from Phantom of the Opera. Yes, it was pretty random. But, for me, something of a blast from the past. It was a song I used to sing, back when I had singing lessons. And then as I…
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Post Grad Rehab: June/July
→: Post Grad Rehab: June/JulyMid- way through June, I paused, and wondered – why was I focusing on little things during a month of big things? I hope that end-of-May-Cate realized that this was something that June-Cate would need to stay sane. This month’s focus gave me permission to make time for small, unimportant (but important to me), things…
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168 hours
→: 168 hoursWhen stressed, I’m prone to bemoaning the lack of hours in the day. I think if I could just get an extra, say, two hours a day, that would be one more activity I could get in. When happy (and for me, happy usually means productive) I reason, “We all get the same 24 hours…
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How to be Slightly Happier and get a Bit More Done
→: How to be Slightly Happier and get a Bit More DoneI bought this book (Amazon) because I’m a huge fan of Burkeman’s column “This column will change your life”. He has a knack for taking a large self help book and extracting the one actually useful piece of advice – like the 10-10-10 method for making decisions. And debunking popular myths – like it taking 28 day days…
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Changing Paces
→: Changing PacesI’m a little… tired and uninspired lately. Not at work – but at not-work. Once home, I’m not driven to write, or code, or read that stack of papers. I’m actually reading novels. I’ve been beating myself up for procrastination. Wondering, how do you tell the difference between being a little burnt out and needing…
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Drawing Lines Around Your Day
→: Drawing Lines Around Your DayArriving, stressed, on a Monday morning the other week I decided to shut the mail tab on my browser, with no intention of opening it again. This impromptu panic started a new thing – I’m checking (work) email at most once a day, if I have a meeting. No meeting days – usually one a week…
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Positivity Challenge
→: Positivity ChallengeI was having a bit of a crisis the other day about how much I had committed to and whether I would do a decent job at any of it to two friends and colleagues. They gave me a bit of a pep talk. And then set me a challenge – to stop beating myself…