life lessons | Messy Desk

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How to be Consistent When Consistency is Vital

Consistency sucks, but relationships rely on us to be reliable and predictable. Follow these steps to be consistent when it's important.

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Delegation as Life Skill (Or, How to Clean House While Sitting on Your A**)

I am on my screened porch, watching the hummingbirds, but my house will be clean by the end of the day. How is this possible? Delegation.

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Embracing Messy Imperfection

Are you paralyzed by perfectionism? Messy imperfection supports flexibility and adaptability. Life is a laboratory; we learn from mistakes

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Closed Doors & Open Windows: Resilience in the Sound of Music

When I was a child, The Sound of Music was one of my favorite movies. Julie Andrews' spinning in that opening scene of mountains...

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WOOP! Make Your Wishes Come True

I just learned about WOOP as another model for goal-setting, and want to quickly share it with you today. I like it for big picture goals,

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What Happened Today? Balance Bad & Good

The glass is half-full AND it's half-empty. You come home from work and your partner asks, "How was your day?" The next day, not so much.

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The Reflective Spiral of Personal Growth

Reflective practice helps you make better choices and move your life in the direction you want it to go.

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Introducing the Messy Desk Journal: No foolish consistency

For years, I sought a perfect system that I can consistently maintain to keep my life in order--in time, housekeeping, and thought...

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Be Productive Like a Sloth

I met some sloths last year. Most were asleep, but I was lucky enough to catch one walking veerrrry slooowwwlllyyy on the ground.

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Beyond all-or-nothing: A different perspective

I am a star at starting a new routine or habit. I follow my self-imposed rules perfectly for, like, a week.