Category Archives: career
Farm Life
I’m feeling something shifting in my understanding of my way of life. This morning as I woke, I had the familiar thoughts (and accompanying dread) about a clambering to-do- list, “OVERDUE†flashing relentlessly in my skull. Then, for unknown reasons, … Continue reading
Dancing in Every Direction
When I dance, I take steps forward, sideways, backward. I follow a rhythm. I coordinate my movements and rhythm to those of other dancers and the music surrounding me, and I love the creative experience. When I work, I make … Continue reading
Rejeuvenating Creative Energy and Willingness
Where Did My Willingness Go? Lately, I’ve been feeling stuck. I can’t seem to find my willingness to do the things I’ve agreed to do. My pending to-do tasks are piling up and deadlines are boiling into urgency. Something needs … Continue reading
Discovering Agreement vs Negotiating Terms
I’ve just read the article by J. Kim Wright (of CuttingEdgeLaw) about the value and importance of putting business agreements in writing. I agree with Kim that one of the most valuable things you can do is put the agreements and … Continue reading
Abiding Questions
Every Sunday morning, my dad and I use iChat to have a video-conference. He calls it “having breakfast together.” (I think of it as our “Jetson Family Moment.”) Last Sunday, as I sipped my coffee and jiggled the headset connection, … Continue reading
Willpower and Willingness
My inner nag is pointing out all the things I’ve left undone . . . and my inner resister-of-authority wonders if the ‘not doing’ is about needing a break. This is always a tricky question. I am so ready to … Continue reading
The choice:
fitting myself to the system or communicating myself, ‘in my full stature and proportion,’ through the work and the way I choose to do it. –Linda Alvarez “The common experience is that the man fits himself as well as he … Continue reading