Cleaning up rocket ship debris
From the bed
Hidden among the crumbs
Endless rain falls outside
As we trample
From room to room
Trying to entertain, and engage, and play, and referee
I finish the last bits
Of work for the year
and then
I finally shower at 4
Archive for December, 2008
A winter Friday
Posted in The Practice of Life on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday Home Office Tip: Get out to find your focus
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We all have those things that we work on that, for one reason or another, always get pushed aside. Currently, I’ve got two items on my to do list that seem to never get crossed off.
Today, I’m going to accomplish both of them. But to do so, I knew I needed a change in venue. So [...]
Lessons from the NYT
Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged career planning, parenting, work/life, working moms on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was a bit surprised to see an article about working and parenting in the Openers Section of this Sunday’s NYT Business section. I’ll admit, I thought there would be more pressing things to write about. But I appreciate the coverage of a topic that is, of course, close to my heart. There are three key issues [...]
Flat is the new up
Posted in Managing Expectations, tagged happiness on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I write a lot about managing expectations in part because I believe that happiness is not dependent on our external circumstances but is instead dependant on how similar our external circumstances are to what we expect them to be.
If I see life as a bumpy road, with happiness and satisfaction coming from how well I weather [...]
Tuesday Home Office Tip: Create a Morning Routine
Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged working from home on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, this is very sad. I’ve been forgetting to post on Tuesdays with my Home Office Tips. Guess that’s what a few weeks of traveling followed by a few weeks of sick kids will do to you.
But it’s a great set up for today’s tip: create a routine. Flexibility has tremendous benefits. But it also [...]
Specific feedback
Posted in Managing Talent, tagged feedback, leadership, Managing Expectations on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve ever read anything about giving feedback at work, you know that we all should be giving more of it. In particular, we should all be giving more positive feedback. And we should be giving more concrete feedback, to help people really understand what they’re good at and know exactly what they can do [...]
The theory of relativity, personified
Posted in Managing Expectations, tagged career planning, marriage, work/life on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finally had the chance to chat with a fellow preschool mom who I’ve been wanting to get to know better. We’ve talked about work a couple of times at pick-up and drop-off, and have been trying to have coffee for oh, about a year. Her work schedule makes mine look like, well, a part-timer [...]
Getting to know me
Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged motivation, personality tests on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, I’ll admit it. I’ve been a bit unmotivated lately. You may have noticed the dearth of posts. I’ve noticed the dearth of interesting thoughts in my head. While I’ll allow some slackerdom due to holidays, general chaos, sick kids, and such, I’d like to get back into the swing of things.
I’ve been playing around with how to [...]
