Practical tips and encouragement to help you live on purpose, not autopilot.
What if the very thing you’re most proud of is actually the thing holding you back? For years I was a self-professed perfectionist and I counted it a major strength. I had no clue it was silently sabotaging my productivity. When I realized that perfectionism wasn’t fostering my productivity and instead feeding my procrastination my […]
Self-reflection can be a beautiful, helpful, and positive practice or it could be an overwhelming, damaging and negative experience. The process of analyzing your thoughts, actions and behaviors, when it’s done right, is an invaluable tool to success. So, whether you’re a beginner or self-reflection guru we can all use a refresher on how to […]
Have you ever had the sudden and overwhelming realization that you don’t like the life you’re living? It feels like nothing you’re doing makes any sense. You start to ask questions like: Why am I here? What am I doing? Am I making a difference? Is this it? What’s the point of my life? Most […]
A productivity system becomes a great productivity system when it is designed well and can adapt and grow as your life changes. A great system doesn’t need to be overhauled or replaced every few months. I’ve wasted plenty of time trying to find the “perfect” system, routine or product that would solve all of my […]
Habits. They can be powerful, having either a positive or negative impact. Habits are simple: they are “a settled or regular practice, especially one that is hard to give up.” Habits are little tasks or practices that we do regularly, they can be things we’ve chosen to do or that have become habits unknowingly. Some […]
As a natural night owl learning to optimize my morning rhythm and intentionally set a foundation for my days didn’t come easily. The only reason I even pushed to become a morning person was the overwhelming evidence of early rising’s incredible benefits. There is a pattern that has been observed among highly productive and successful […]
Did you know that the English word ‘perfect’ comes from the Latin word ‘perfectus?’ It means “completed, excellent or accomplished.” Unfortunately, the modern definition of perfection has been twisted to instead mean “faultless, immaculate, something which doesn’t have a weakness.” This modern definition is the standard that many women are trapped in, operating out of […]
How is it that we all have just 24 hours and yet it seems like some people build an entire business, write their thesis, solve world hunger and still make it to the gym while others are applauding themselves for having accomplished reading a page of the book that has been on their shelf for […]
How much time, energy, and brain space are you wasting trying to keep everything straight? And, how much isn’t staying straight because you’re overwhelmed? What’s falling through the cracks? The short answer; too much. Clean the garage Finish the dishes Mop the bathroom floor Call the bank Prep tomorrow’s meals Your to-do list is constantly […]
Your mindset runs your daily life. The day you expect to have is typically the day it will be. If you expect to have a fun and exciting day you start to subconsciously look for the fun and exciting moments and at the end of the day what you remember is the fun and exciting […]
One of the biggest dream killers is also one of the most ignored and overlooked. These little assassins slip in slowly, quietly and unfortunately unnoticed. They can be nearly undetectable and far more deadly than expected. They affect your work, your home life, and your dreams. What are these dream killers? Distractions.
If you are not growing then you will become stagnant. To be stagnant is to be waiting for death. That sounds dramatic I know, but in nature stagnation truly is the beginning of the end. You don’t move to get food, water, safety… To avoid becoming stagnant in your own life you must be moving, […]
Waking up completely drained, feeling like I didn’t get any sleep at all used to be an everyday occurrence. Starting my day with an empty energy tank pretty much guaranteed my days would be challenging. The truly sad part was that I had believed my exhaustion to be normal, and that there was nothing I […]