Getting It Done in the Margins of Life

Getting It Done in the Margins of Life

Sitting on a low wall outside our digs for the summer, I waited while my daughter ran up to grab her metro card. She would need it for the destination we had just decided on: the Apple Store in a mall on the outskirts of town. I knew it would be at least ten minutes...
Why Positive Thinking Doesn’t Work and What To Do Instead

Why Positive Thinking Doesn’t Work and What To Do Instead

I was excited to get out of bed and start my day. Not for the reasons you might think: I didn’t have an exciting project to sink my teeth into, I wasn’t going on vacation and I wasn’t going shoe shopping. I was excited about getting on the scale. What? I know. I weigh...

Balance Is A Myth

I’ve read that that work-life balance is a myth. There’s no such thing. In a way, it makes sense, because the phrase work-life balance implies that work is not life, and life is not work. Kind of bad news for those who follow their passion and live for their “work”! I...
The Magic of Co-Working

The Magic of Co-Working

The message came through just as I was coming up the steps from the park to the street. I was out of breath, having just done the sprint I like to do at the end of an otherwise slow run. “Better be there in 15, or your pay will be docked!” My co-worker Dominique is so...