Busy Busy Busy

Priorities. When you let your priorities get away from you, you become
very "busy". Where does "busy" lead except to frustration. The key to
staying on top of this trend is discipline. Manage your To Do list not
just by making a list but by making time available to do the list.
Rank things in terms of priority. Step back and say, is this really a
strategic To Do, a "must do" like taxes, or an "I should do" and rank
accordingly.

You can have a lot on the go but if you ask yourself some basic
"screening" questions it can become a lot more manageable. Let's see
how I do with this in the week or 2 ahead......

Opportunities or Chalenges

Its amazing the way your mood can change when your tired.
Opportunities suddenly seem like overwhelming challenges....I have too
much work vs I have a lot of exciting things on the go. Key is to
remember it all a matter of interpretation so internally you need to
see these things as Opportunities. Even financial stress can be a
positive motivator. That's internal. In terms of your face to the
world, that all a matter of spin so you may tell workmates how crazy
busy you are and overwhelmed but don't believe your own spin.....

Beware the geese....Sean feeding the duckas and the geese down by the Lake...Some of the geese were as big as he was and were actively "encouraging" him to part with his bread. It reminds you its all about perspective.

you only turn 2 once so let me eat the cake!!! (while his sster and cousin look on..)

I love having a daughter .... such cute outfits for a budding snow white....but any potential prince charmings will find her dad is an evil wizard..

This is a classic example of how smart children are and what real joy looks like. I gave my daughter a bouquet of flowers and she was overjoyed...looked at them for an hour and talked about how much daddy loves her...so now I buy her flowers once every two weeks and she is ecstatic...if only adults showed such joy and appreciation for small gifts everyone would be a lot happier.. :)

Calgary

How time flies when you are having fun....every june I head to Alberta and this year I changed Edmonton for Calgary. It is amazing how lonely being here is when I am used to people. I like time by myself but enforced isolation is never pleasurable....

Shear the Sheep...

I was talking with my 12 year old son yesterday about his day at school. He informed me that he had traded some worthless cards for some good ones in a game he plays with his friends. My first concern was that he might have engaged in some 'sharp' trading practices and taken advantage of his peers. Isn't that crazy? Good for him, I'm glad I didn't say anything. In a world where people do so many crazy things, send money to TV preachers, worship celebrities etc why would I want my son to hold these people harmless from their own foolishness? I need to teach him to shear the sheep closely when they self identify as sheep...save harmless your friends and the rest can take their chances...

Stress Management

Wave after wave of despair wash over me and I feel the need to escape the cloying, oppressive environment. Panic rises in my chest....I must get out...

This is not a good way to spend my afternoon. I have to stamp out and manage my stress level and replace it with fun. Too much work and money stress, which seem odd given that as a rule things are going well enough....