Exactly a year ago, I quit my job. More accurately, I sold my business, which was my job. As this date approached, I was curious. Would I get sentimental? Feel joy? Have a sudden but powerful urge to attack a jar of peanut butter? None of the above, especially not that last one (whew). What I do feel is a sense of done-ness, something I ached to feel much, much earlier. I owned, managed, blood-sweat-and-teared in my dental practice for almost a decade. I spent the last few … [Read more...]
When you don’t have the energy to do it all, you can still win
You don't begin to tackle a big mess by organizing. First, you delcutter. You get rid of the unnecessary and the useless. Then, you organize. The same goes for increasing your energy. More fountains, less drains. I've been thinking about energy a lot lately. It started, as usual, when I was feeling stuck, trying to find more of it. We're so focused on managing time but don't think much about energy. It doesn't take my tired, stressed and frustrated mind long to knock over the first … [Read more...]