My apologies for missing our visit together last week. I was definitely in the throes of planning and organizing the rest of the month of February for my "Comeback Year." I'm learning how important it is to get laser-focused when it comes to pursuing goals. And, I must say that I haven't been … Continue reading 10 Teachable Moments from the 2026 Winter Olympics
Boy, my reset week went by way too fast. But, I made some great progress and have some things figured out. For the current 12-week period, I'm looking to make some notable movement toward five major areas of business focus. The five areas of focus for my Degrees of Maternity business goals are as follows: … Continue reading “Reset” Day Results
We're just barely into 2026, and I already need a "Reset" Day. Actually, I might as well come clean and say I need some days (plural) to reset. And when I say reset, I'm referring to simply getting myself organized for, focused on, and moving toward the goals I've set for myself . . . … Continue reading “RESET” Day
We can get so bombarded with the overload of information we face each day. It's no wonder we have a lot swimming around there in the old noggin' at any given point in time. And if you're a Creative, who has a tendency to go into creative mode a whole lotta lotta, then I can … Continue reading Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: Simplifying “Too Many Ideas”
This new schedule with the once-a-week posts will definitely take some getting used to -- on my part, anyway. It's become necessary to do so as my writing services side of Degrees of Maternity is taking off and the same 24 hours in a day remains as it did before I started writing for others. … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Goal-Setting Step 5 (Your Real-Life Application of the Steps)
First of all, let me just start out by apologizing for being MIA yesterday. I try really hard not to do that, since there's no place like home. And, right here is "home" for me. I don't stay away for any lengthy periods of time and I try not to miss my scheduled visiting time … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Goal-Setting Step 4 (Scheduling Your Goals Cont.)
Wanna know a little secret about today's topic? Yes? No? Well, I'm gonna tell you anyway. IT'S A TWO-PARTER! Yes, I can feel it in my bones. I'm predicting that there's going to be way too much information to squeeze into one Tuesday blog post, so I'm opening up the flood gates and letting some … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Goal-Setting Step 4 (Scheduling Your Goals)
So? How's the SMART goaling going? I know. I know. It's been a minute since we talked SMART goals back in Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Goal-Setting Step 3 (SMART Goals). And, I'm not even going to pretend here. I'm STILL working on some of my SMART goals . . . to this very date. Yes, … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Goal-Setting Step 3 (SMART Goals Cont.)
This continuation of the Goal-Setting Process for work-life balance has been a long time coming. I know. But, we're going to press on today and make some more progress in our goal planning. Step #3 of the process is what's on the agenda, and I have some more definition to add to our goal finessing. … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Goal-Setting Step 3 (SMART Goals)
One of the things I've wanted to do with this whole "Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance" series is to balance out all the life processes in order to simplify the motions we go through in life. My goal is to make living life less complicated and convoluted and complex, so that the barriers to accomplishing … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Simplify Your Goal Setting
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