Last week I saw a clip on America's Funniest Videos that showed a little girl walking along looking behind her at something. The Dad was saying "Watch where you're going" but, of course, the girl didn't look ahead and consequently toppled to the ground when she fell over a toy. She got back up and proceeded …
Tag: Distractions
Don’t Let Others Create Your To-Do List
In the unending challenge to juggle more things to do than time to do it, I tried something different this week. I always work with short to-do lists, but this week I tried a different tactic. I kept open in a window in front of me on my computer a simple prioritized list using the …
Don’t Lose Sight
Two months ago I wrote down the three words that serve as this post's title: Don't Lose Sight. I do things like that occasionally when a random thought comes to mind that might serve as the basis for a future blog post. Then I let it simmer for as long as necessary until it's fully …
Top Ten Posts for 2012
Below are the most viewed posts on this blog during 2012. If you missed one of them or have long since forgotten what it was about, check it out. Most are quick lessons learned of 366 words or less (the exceptions being #2 and #9 - both posts from 2011 that still were among the …
Leap Year Lesson #254: Stay Grounded
How do you stay grounded? I just conducted a Google search on "staying grounded" that returned over 4.7 million results. I suspect the phrase means wildly different things to different people, depending on the context. For me, being grounded refers to first knowing who I am at my core - knowing what is most important …
