Between the Elections and the seemingly eternal Pandemic, your mind and body probably feel like they need a permanent vacation from reality. Since that is highly unlikely, if you are accountable for the health and welfare of others, you need to go to Plan B. What does that entail? How are you keeping your head [...]
The alarm goes off and the day begins all over again. What are your routines for self-care before you get out of bed and for the rest of the day? There are several rules to ponder. Put on your Oxygen Mask please. The flight attendant always reminds you to put on your mask before helping [...]
Busy Working Moms can be really spooked by their list of things TO DO! Seems there are not enough hours in the day or enough spirits in the country to chase those BOO! Blues away; or… is there a concoction to untangle those cobwebs? We contacted our Ghost Busters team and here are six steps [...]
When you were in college or high school and had to write a paper about a specific subject, what was the first thing you had to do? I would just start writing about anything and everything. I would not say anything and get a failing grade. I would identify a topic on the subject matter. [...]
Humor is a great release for those days when you feel you are just hitting a wall. These days it is easy to want to put a bag over your head and call it a day. Comic relief can go a long way to release the stress caused by the barrage of Covid 19 news. [...]
7 Prioritizing Hacks Do you still feel overwhelmed after organizing your files and drawers over and over again? It could be that you are over organized. Wait. What? Is that possible? Yes indeed. Over organizing can be an excuse not to do work. Think procrastination. If you find yourself constantly reorganizing papers or belongings but [...]
When we get caught in a storm, we open our umbrella for protection. Covid 19 is raining down upon us and we must act now to shield ourselves from the elements. For parents of school age children, the continuous sheets of rain can be daunting. The good news is there are a few things you [...]
Lessons from the Dishwasher Unloading the dishwasher is such a simple gratifying task. Loading is a different story. First, everyone in the family sporadically places a dish, a glass, or a piece of silverware haphazardly in the spaces marked with the built-in dividing nodules. How come no one in my family hardly ever puts their [...]
Tips and Perspective Two recent articles in the New York Times speak about Productivity during these extraordinary days of Covid 19. David Gelles wrote a piece June 23, 2020 titled Are Companies More Productive in a Pandemic? Julie Weed had an article published on June 21, 2020 titled How to Succeed in Your Office Job [...]
Email Etiquette and Efficiency Tips No matter who we are, we all have a common enemy – Email. As Steve on Blue’s Clues reminds us, “You’ve Got Mail”. These days, we are more likely to receive Email than snail mail as our main source of communication. In order to be responsible Email citizens, it is [...]