I hovered the mouse pointer over the cancel button as my mind raced back and forth between whether or not to click it. The cancellation in question was for the flights I’d booked for my kids back in April when JetBlue offered risk-free booking for future travel — no cancellation or change penalties should travel…
Humanity has a habit of going along on autopilot thinking our lives are always going to be this way. And then something happens. A tornado hits. Terrorists attack. A virus spreads. We panic. We protest. We scream. We show up at state capitols armed and ready to take out anyone who doesn’t do what we…
Today is one of those days. My emotions are raw. Seemingly innocuous things trigger tears. Things like hummingbirds drinking from the red glass feeder or my cat stretching after waking up from his nap. For some reason, I keep thinking about my parents who — thankfully — are vibrant and healthy 3,000 miles away from…
On my walk the other day, I witnessed a young hawk practicing its aerobatics. It was taking full advantage of the stiff wind blowing down from the Columbia River Gorge. Dark clouds rimmed the horizon, a clear sign of the inevitable storms heading our way. The hawk could not have cared less. I was walking…
My son has been home from college since mid-March when his school sent its student body home because of COVID19. He takes his classes online now. It’s been a mixed bag. Part of the challenge is professors are facing the same stress as students about showing up for work in an online environment. It’s new…
I’ve been working from home for 15 years. In 2005, I left a safe and secure teaching job with healthcare and retirement benefits to pursue my dream of entrepreneurship. Many people thought I was crazy. Some even called me irresponsible and foolish. Still, I persevered. I knew what I was doing was right for me….
During my first year teaching high school, the change to what my life had been like before teaching was colossal. Unused to the constant demands of students, faculty meetings, lesson planning, and addressing a new class every fifty minutes, I was in bed each night by 9:00 at the latest. During my prep period, I…
Let’s face it. Virtual conference calls are the new normal. As everyone scrambles to figure how to best conduct virtual conference calls so that business keeps going, the need is here for a quick list of simple rules anyone can follow to ease the transition from working together in the office to god-only-knows-where-Tom-from-accounting is calling…
I just jumped off Instagram to write this post because what I saw on someone’s wall about small business owners got me fired up. What I saw made me realize I’ve been thinking about doing what the meme says not to do: offer my services for free right now because so many big-time online leaders…
To: My Human Family From: Mother Nature Re: On personal leave until further notice Dear Humans, It is with a great deal of thought and consideration that I have decided to take some much needed personal time off to reflect on the current conditions of the planet. Doing so will give you all the chance…
