From the category archives:

Making Decisions

Discombobulation. (Or, When I don’t feel like being sovereign.)

May 20, 2010

Discombobulated. A word whose meaning and mouth-feel are so well-matched. And a dear cousin to one of my all-time favorite words: Bijigetty.
So… This week I moved into my very own place. I even signed a lease. A twelve-month lease. Eeep!
After a little review of my former living situations, I was shocked to discover that I’ve [...]

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Weird clues from childhood (and finding your thing)

April 23, 2010

Right now I’m shifting a bunch of things related to my work, which basically means I’m back to hot pursuit of The Thing. Even more than usual. And the ideas I’m heading toward started bringing up all of these memories of (weird) things I liked doing as a kid. (Another dose of nostalgia.)
It’s reminding me [...]

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Buckling up and riding the tide

April 14, 2010

Do you ever notice how some decisions come so easily and obviously, while others involve hair-pulling, cookie-scarfing fretting and waffling? Ugh, waffling.
Lately I have this sense that life is flowing along a strong, natural current. And I’m the one that manages to keep jacking up the pace. Throwing up boulders and objections, creating rapids and [...]

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Cookies and clarity.

April 9, 2010

I recently came dreadfully close to making a Very Bad Decision. There were a couple of weeks of ruminating and whining and imploring about What should I dooooooooo. Where should I doooo it?
All culminating in my spending an entire day in my pajamas eating chocolate and peanut butter. And also pretzels and ice cream. And [...]

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Running backwards through life

October 5, 2009

I had a pretty crazy dream a few nights ago. I know, hearing about other people’s dreams can cause you to nod off, so I won’t go into the nitty-gritty details. To sum up: the setting was a path through a dark forest (yes, I am a dreamtime cliche) and the wind was whipping around [...]

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Heat seeking missile

July 24, 2009

A couple of weeks ago I went to a workshop with Pam Slim as part of her “Escape From Cubicle Nation” book tour. I was lucky enough to escape my cubicle several months ago, but fortunately Pam is also an expert in how to move forward as an entrepreneur once you’re free of the [...]

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