There’s always something ahead to love. If you’re a nerd (like me) and really, really love things maybe you can identify with the cycle:
The Damage of Working on PTO
Often when I take PTO from work I go into “low power mode” … I’m not working … but I’m also not not working. I’m glancing at my email even if I’m not handling it, I’m responding to Slack messages like text messages, I actually sit down at my computer and knock a few things out.
Loneliness at Work
Our monthly lunch & learns with our leadership program graduates is leaning more and more towards personal success practices rather than hardcore work topics. But topics like stress, and failure, and loneliness, and forming new habits, and managing your time are hardcore work topics. Whether we like it or not, we live integrated lives.
For the Earth
In honor of Earth Day. When I was sixteen I visited the Grand Canyon with my dad. We rode mules halfway to the bottom and […]
April 21st
I celebrate April 21st. I have for the last twelve years. I call it an unofficial self-care day. Or sometimes a celebration of me day. Or epiphany day. It’s meaning has changed over time.
A Feminist Self-Care Book Recommendation
I finished reading Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily & Amelia Nagoski this week and I can’t seem to shut up […]
Puppy Chow Magic
I don’t enjoy cooking or baking, but twice a year I make puppy chow. It’s an old habit. I actually remember the first time I […]
One Caring Adult
Yesterday I attended the annual Shining Stars Luncheon for Foster Angels of Central Texas. Foster Angels is an amazing local nonprofit that supports foster youth. […]
Speak Your Body’s Language
Yesterday I began listening to the Burnout: The Secret to Solving the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski. I don’t need to get very far into this book to highly recommend it. Twenty minutes in and I felt like it was changing my life.