WANT TO TAME YOUR TO-DO LIST?

WANT TO TAME YOUR TO-DO LIST?

I read books and do crossword puzzles on my phone. I also play scrabble if I can. My kids say, “Mom, are you playing your nerd games?” To which I respond, “Yes, because nerd games are fun.” I also seem to have a nerd gene for writing down my goals. I usually use a...
GOALS ARE FUN – HABITS ARE ASSHOLES

GOALS ARE FUN – HABITS ARE ASSHOLES

I love goals; write a book, become an investment advisor, open an art studio, climb a mountain – all great reasons to get out of bed in the morning or stay up late to accomplish something. If they were a food, they would be the dessert of life. Goals are the big...
IT’S OKAY IF YOU DON’T READ MY BOOK.

IT’S OKAY IF YOU DON’T READ MY BOOK.

It’s not when you hit “publish” that feels surreal, it’s the day that someone tells you, “I finished your book last night.” I’ve heard lots of wonderful, amazing comments and reviews from people. They like the honest way I talk about my relationship with my husband;...

ARE YOU LATE FOR THE THINGS YOU LOVE?

Dare I be offended by the recent viral blog post about people who are late? Yes, being consistently late is rude, and yes, you should strive to respect other people’s time but what bothers me about this post is that it doesn’t address the root of the problem. Lateness...

“BUNK BEDS? ARE WE IN PRISON?”

“Bunk beds? Are we in prison?” Ha.I turned my head to see who was talking but they disappeared along the darkened forest trail. I chuckled as I thought about the skinny mattresses, communal showers, cafeteria line-ups and the number of dirty, uncensored women in a...

SIGH.

(Explicit language advisory.) Well, I lost my shit tonight. I yelled at the neighbour’s teenaged son for driving a thousand miles an hour on our street while I was walking with my daughter. I called him out in my, “I’m a parent, I’m an adult, I know better than you”...