Too many things to do

When I’m overloaded, I have stress dreams about failing to move out of a house in time for new tenants to move in. I always have too much to pack and no one will help me. I think I have one more load left, but when I look again there are four. It keeps repeating, [...]

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Cards and Presents – Expectations

I can be a very sentimental gal, but I’m also pragmatic. I’ve found that if I make my expectations clear, I am more likely to be pleased with the outcome.
Take Valentines Day. A card is expected, a present is welcome. Since I’ve put that right out there, I’m 100% likely to get a card, and [...]

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Don’t get too complacent

Just when things are going smoothly, nothing too terrible going on — the doggies are healthy, bonfire night and the terrifying fireworks are over so that cat can go out at night again, hunny has started a new job that takes him to an office every day rather than working from home, and the elderly [...]

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Explaining who I am

I’m preparing a presentation for tomorrow, in which I introduce myself and my team to another division that has merged with ours. I want to tell them just enough about me to satisfy their curiosity, but not so much that I overwhelm the reserved Brits with my American ‘earnestness’. I have a post-grad degree in [...]

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Daily Practice

I eavesdropped on a telephone conversation this afternoon. The speaker on our sofa told his caller: Jeff Atwood is one of the most widely read IT bloggers; he said the secret to success was to write something daily.
I think that’s a profound truth. Any time you demonstrate commitment to something, what’s that hackneyed Goethe quote, [...]

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