Last night my daughter had her first lacrosse game (they won 16-3) so I didn’t have time to write a blog post in the evening. I’m taking just a few minutes to write this morning before leaving for work. While making my smoothie and getting my stuff together for the day, I listened to Todd READ MORE
Category: Habits
Give Others The Same Consideration
One of the things that I do at the university is teaching courses to instructors on a variety of aspects of teaching. Frequently they will apologize for needing to miss a class or for not getting an assignment done one time (there are no grades, but still assignments) or for needing some extra help with READ MORE
Block Time and Untouchable Days
It doesn’t matter if you keep a paper to-do list or use an app of some kind, if you don’t have the time to do what’s on your list, it’s pretty pointless. I’ve written before about needing to give yourself time to breathe throughout the day, as well as giving yourself regular time to create READ MORE
Attitude, Awareness, and Authenticity
I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Neil Pasricha’s You Are Awesome (it’s a lot less cheezy than it sounds). I’ve read two other books by him and came across his TED Talk the other day. I watched it and found it thought-provoking, while also funny. I shared it with my teenager and even she READ MORE
Reducing Social Media For Mental Health
A couple of weeks ago I woke up in the morning with my anxiety spiking. I worked out and felt better while working out, but not after. I took my medication, which I do every day. I did some breathing work. No change. Thankfully, I had an already scheduled appointment with my therapist. I told READ MORE
Truer Not Newer
I was listening to a recent podcast from Luvvie Ajayi Jones in which she was talking about not being a “new you” in the new year. There’s a lot of ads for fitness equipment, diet programs, etc. that talk about how their product will help you be “a new you”, but Ajayi said something that READ MORE
Two to Ponder – Wisdom From Adam Grant
Yesterday was Family Day here in Saskatchewan so we had the day off, and as of today I have lived in Canada longer than I lived in the U.S., which is where I was born and raised. We’re calling it my Canada Day and I’m spending it with my family. As such, this post will READ MORE
Saying ‘Yes’ to Being Consistant
For the first Better Me Podcast of 2022 I talked about trying to be consistent while not beating myself over some stumbles here and there. Some of the things that I’ve done well at being consistent at during the first six weeks of the year include: I’ve meditated every day for at least five minutes. READ MORE
Rewarding Small Successes
I’ve written before about my ongoing quest to find a planner that really fits me. I stumbled across The Self-Care Planner from Simple Self and ordered myself one of the Daily Planners that has enough pages in it to last for six months. I’ll write more about the planner later because I like it a READ MORE
Asking Myself Four Questions
I was listening to an episode of Todd Henry’s podcast early last week and it struck a nerve with me. In it, he recommends asking yourself four specific questions to start 2022. He does this every year, but the questions change. The questions this year are: What is my defining question right now? What do READ MORE
