I’m having a cultural collision moment this week. Normally, as Cheryl has pointed out, I work in a “hygiene optional,” pajama-wearing environment. My go-to wardrobe with 2 small kids leaves me ready for action at a moment’s notice, if you’re talking signing a child’s permission slip or mountain climbing (my running shoes have traction!). For [...]
The idea is to focus our thoughts and actions productively, remaining in the circle of influence.
Sometimes it’s better not to do it yourself. I’ve been coming up against my limits repeatedly in the last couple of weeks, and have found delgation to be both necessary and a big challenge. Some issues I’ve had have included (sorry Cheryl!):
Not knowing which work was best for delegation
Waiting too long to delegate
Too busy to adequately [...]
A friend who works at the local high school’s wellness center had a good word for parents the other day. Now that the school year is upon us, she said, we can’t help our children manage their stress if our own is off the charts. Her recommendations? Exercise. Spend time with God. Eat right (10! [...]
Readers of this blog may remember my previous Personal Geek Squad post, about the unpaid position my husband fills as my tech support dude. After yesterday, though, I’m thinking that his days are numbered.
I’ll take small triumphs where I can find them, and yesterday I had two. The first was when my e-mail-auto-bot told me, [...]
If your frantic Friday turned into soccer-saturated Saturday, giving way to not-so-Sabbatical Sunday, then you may now be faced with a Monday morning work-from-home dilemma: to work, or not to work?
I, for one, have been go, go, go since Friday (no wait, maybe Thursday—or maybe Wednesday), and, to me, a day off is looking [...]
Friends of mine have dedicated an entire room of their house to a floor-to-ceiling computer mainframe, from which I’m sure the Terminator himself will someday originate. Unfortunately (or fortunately, perhaps), many of us are not so technically well-endowed. But no matter what your level of expertise, when you work from home there are days when [...]
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