Gratitude challenge – baking sheets

Today’s challenge is very specific, isn’t it? I was at Marshall’s the other day and found some All-Clad baking sheets for a steal. I grabbed two and practically ran to the check out. I love the versatility of baking sheets. My HelloFresh meal kits have me using them all the time for roasting veggies. I …

Reading emails vs Reading books

I had an epiphany the other day when I was talking to a friend about my struggles with reading books. I just couldn’t stay focused on the words (and no – it’s not because I need a stronger eyeglass prescription). What I realized is that I was attempting to read a book like the way …

Gratitude challenge – spontaneity

Surprises often catch us off guard and throw a wrench into our plans. In all my years of project implementations, even when we planned (we thought) for every possible issue, something always came up to try to thwart the go live. And that is where being flexible and accepting of these surprises becomes one of …

Gratitude challenge – routines

At my prior employer my calendar was chock-ful of meetings. From 9 am until 5 pm I jumped from call to call. The president of the company laughingly said to me,’Meetings are up. Productivity is down.’ And yet I managed to stay productive (which is probably why my calendar continued to stay full up until …