Improving anything sometimes requires being uncomfortable. At work that may mean having honest, but difficult, conversations. Personally it may mean pushing yourself harder at the gym, making better use of your time, or ending negative relationships. Be uncomfortable.
Beautiful tree!
I spent the morning feeling that the world was conspiring against me. Everything went wrong. I realized this afternoon there was no conspiracy. In every instance I was the problem. Failure to plan, failure to coordinate tasks, failure to set an alarm. All me. #bethesolution
There are things in life you cannot change and there are things you can. Being successful hinges on your ability to discern the difference between these two things and focus on making change where change is possible. There is no glory for the man who beats his head bloody against the brick wall.
Setting priorities at work is one thing, setting them at home -and sticking to them- is a whole different animal. I work to give top priority to the things that will most benefit me and move me closer to achieving my goals. After that I focus on helping family and friends.
Setting priorities doesn’t have to be a laborious, time consuming task. Figuring out what your most important tasks are at work can be simple. Just pay attention to what is important to your boss. If it’s important to them, it should be important to you. Do those things. Move on.
You can be productive without be effective. If you spend time focused on the wrong things you may be productive but your efforts will be wasted. Take the time to understand what has value and work on that.
There’s so much to do. Setting priorities is key. Know what is your most important thing and then spend your time doing that thing. Until it’s done. Then do the next thing.
Yikes!
New tile backsplash.
The sunrise this morning was a mixture of fire and ice. Red, pink, and orange lit up the sky while a line of grey winter clouds overtook them like soldiers steadily marching forward. All that is left is a wavering band of orange on the eastern horizon, providing promise for another good day.
Getting ready to head into work tonight. Another 8 hour shift working to save lives and protect property. The overnight work makes for some long days but the pride I feel from helping people who need help makes it worthwhile.
It’s a grey Sunday morning. I can feel the change in seasons a little more everyday, creeping closer and closer to the dreary doldrums of winter in Minnesota. I already find myself looking forward to the warmth of spring and the green of grass and trees.
Hockey season begins again. Late practice at Harding.
Rainy day in Minneapolis.
Starting with micro.blog
One of my LinkedIn connections has been using micro.blog for her posts for quite sometime and I was taken by both the simplicity and its elegance - so I thought I’d give it a try. I already had a domain name and was in the process of setting up a Wordpress blog, but was stalled with the overwhelming complexity and number of decisions, plugins, and configurations that were necessary to get it up and operational. This platform seems talior-made for me - simple, easy to use, and focused on the right things. I think this is going to be a good fit for my blog.