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Overwhelmed at Work? Block Out Some Time for Yourself | Book Review
*** Here’s the scenario: Your inbox is overflowing. You have tons of emails to respond to, in addition to answering social media inquiries, answering texts, and making phone calls. You arrive at work and you already feel overwhelmed with what you must accomplish. You are all set to be productive, and then your balloon slowly begins to deflate as you sit sipping your morning coffee being totally reactionary and not proactive about what you need to accomplish. You know you have things you need to get done, and hope you can squeeze that in during the day. Does this scenario sound familiar at all? If so, I’ve got some help…
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Why I Probably Shouldn’t Have Ridiculously Large Clocks in the House
The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it. ~ Esther Williams There they are before me. A large clock in the dining room, an even larger one in the living room, and a most gargantuan one on our porch. They always say, “the bigger the better.” I’m not sure if I believe that’s true. I have a sort of fascination with clocks. I love having them around the house, but lately, I sometimes don’t enjoy having them staring me in the face all the time. They are a constant reminder that this very moment will never happen again. That each tick-tock of…
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Running Out of Time? You’re Not Alone.
We don’t need a lot of reminders that time passes quickly (or maybe we do). We can see how it changes before us every day: a baby who suddenly is a year old, children growing up and starting high school or college, a friend’s 40th birthday, or a great uncle’s retirement party. Stop and enjoy what you are doing right now. Savor it, if only for the moment. And perhaps listen to what others have said about time… Some Favorites “If you’re lost you can look and you will find me, time after time.” ~ Cyndi Lauper “The future is something which everyone reaches at a rate of sixty minutes…
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A Piece of Short Fiction For Fiction Friday: “Time”
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any short creative fiction that I’m working on, and that’s primarily because I haven’t been working on any short fiction. I’ve been working on writing a novel, but all this talk about creativity in the classroom this week caused this story to pop into my head. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, I seize the opportunity to make it work. I hope you enjoy it. TIME: A Short Story It was my idea to go. I needed to clear my head and take a break from the mundane, toxic, sad life that had enveloped us both and made us strangers…
