When thinking about what encourages you, think about the parts of the word:  en + courage.  To encourage someone is to empower them to take action, to help them be brave, to give them a nudge toward greater strength.  What makes you brave?  Maybe for many of us, it’s all of the words and small… Read More »7 Ways to Be an Encourager

In case you aren’t familiar, a personal day is a type of leave different from vacation or sick time that many companies give as a benefit to their employees.  Many of my colleagues take a personal day on their birthday so that they don’t forget to use the day, and so that they can have… Read More »Personal Days: Take Them & Enjoy Them

Brain Dump!  I remember keeping a notebook from a very early age—it had my “to do” lists, my goals and aspirations and gobs of other lists and categories—how I wanted to decorate my room, things I wanted to try, and so on.  When I was in 6th grade or so, I remember feeling stressed and… Read More »Why Bullet Journal?

     It can feel pretty frustrating when you finally have a day to yourself, a day to do whatever you want and you just can’t get motivated.  Maybe you sleep later than you intended and then you stumble to the kitchen and get coffee only to fall down a rabbit hole on social media.  You… Read More »When You Can’t Get Motivated