When I was in my twenties, every vacation was an opportunity to wear fabulous outfits. Of course, wearing a fabulous outfit means bringing multiple pairs of shoes and a lot of accent pieces and accessories. Luckily I grew out of that phase, and I now pack very simply, bringing things that are easy to pack and easy to wear. I never pack more than I need. The one exception has always been my jewelry. I am crazy about costume jewelry. …
Read more →This week, I’m delighted to have a guest writer for the first time! Francis Wade is the author of the new book Bill’s Im-Perfect Time Management Adventure, a charming novel about one man’s search to solve the puzzle of time management. —————————————————- Perhaps the biggest discovery shared in my new book, Bill’s Im-Perfect Time Management Adventure, is the idea that while we can’t actually manage time, we do manage “time demands.”
Read more →I am a fairly high-tech person, so people often express surprise when they come across one of my low-tech habits. The latest ribbing I received was about the nature of my Netflix subscription. “What, you still get Netflix DVDs? Why aren’t you streaming?”
Read more →In an effort to hang on to the past, many of my clients still have collections of music on cassette tapes. In most cases, it’s the music of their youth, the soundtrack to their coming of age. There are copies of albums, bootleg recordings of concerts, and, of course, mix tapes. I ask them, “Do you have a cassette tape player on which to listen to this music?” The answer, more often than not, is “No, but I plan to convert them…
Read more →When I was a child, I learned a rhyme that went like this: “Good, better, best. Never let it rest Until your good is better And your better best.” I always liked that sentiment, because I am a bit of a perfectionist. My feeling is that if you are going to do something, you might as well do the best job possible. Needless to say, that attitude has sometimes resulted in me spending too much time getting something from “really…
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