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A few articles ago, I compared our emotions to garbage. The idea was pretty simple. You can ignore the garbage. Pile things on top of it. Stay busy enough to convince yourself everything is fine. But eventually, the garbage still has to go out. I’ve thought about that analogy a lot since. Mostly because IContinueContinue reading “What If the Garbage Isn’t Yours?”

Exactly one year ago, I stepped into a new role and confidently told my VP I was going to close more than $1.2 million in sales. Mind you, I had never done field selling before. I was learning a new way of selling, building a pipeline from the ground up, and quickly realizing that IContinueContinue reading “I Was Trying to Skip the Middle”

Before we get started, I know the last few weeks around here have been a little heavy. We’ve talked about being overwhelmed. We’ve talked about losing yourself. It’s basically been free therapy (which, depending on your insurance plan, might be the closest thing we have to universal healthcare). So this week, we’re taking a break.ContinueContinue reading “I Was an Expert Parent Before I Had Kids”

The problem with being high functioning is that nobody checks on the person who looks like they’re handling everything. Sometimes that person doesn’t even check on themselves. I know because I’ve been that person. For a long time, I believed taking care of myself was selfish. My needs and wants almost always took a backseatContinueContinue reading “Why High Functioning People Ignore Their Own Needs”

For a long time, I thought I had a discipline problem.I would make plans and not follow through. Start projects and leave them unfinished. Ignore text messages. (Apologies to anyone reading this who currently lives in my collection of 46 unread text messages. I’m still working on this one.) Leave things sitting on my to-doContinueContinue reading “Maybe You’re Not Lazy. Maybe You’re Overloaded.”

In my SIMPLE framework, the “P” stands for processing and this is probably the one that hits me the hardest. Because I think processing is the part most of us try to skip. We want to smile. We want to stay inspired. We want to manage our schedules, homes, finances, routines and responsibilities better. ButContinueContinue reading “Eventually the Garbage Has to Go Out”

Somewhere along the way, I started feeling guilty for needing things that were just for me. Time alone.
 Quiet.
 Space to think.
 Space to create. Even something as simple as sitting down to write this post. And the irony is… as I’m writing this right now, I’ve probably been interrupted at least 15 times. NotContinueContinue reading “Maybe We Were Never Supposed to Do it All”