WholeLife Mastery

Cup of Hospitality

I Knew I'd Been Altered When...

At a search committee dinner with a job candidate, we had a very attentive and efficient waiter.  In fact he was too efficient.  As I slipped the wrapper off my napkin I noticed that it was the perfect size for my journal.  I put it on the table; the waiter promptly whisked it away.  Undaunted, I discreetly -- I hope -- reached for my colleague's napkin, and slipped off his wrapper.  This time I put it directly in my pocket.  Another night I had sushi and I was almost as excited about the plate decoration (in the middle of this spread) as I was about the food!  Life is good; pay attention. 

Live Long and Prosper...

As Long as You're Prosperous

All of the clippings on this page came from Sunday's paper.  All but one of them, the $1000 bills, came from one article "CENEGENICS: Pioneering treatment or expensive quest for fountain of youth?"

I'm Not Cheap, I'm Frugal

In a recent issue of Glamour magazine, the Work and Money section featured the article "How Cheap Are You?".  I have done at least two out of the six so-called cheap behaviors: I have my hair cut at a barbershop, not at a salon and I borrow DVDs from the public library (my tax dollars at work, thank you very much) instead of renting them from the video store.  Let's hear it for frugality, which dictionary.com defines as "Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources." Besides that leaves me more money for art supplies!

The Beloved Community

The Beloved Community

Happy Inside

Clean Off Your Desk Day -- OnlineOrganizing.com

Every Second Monday in January is Clean Off Your Desk Day -- OnlineOrganizing.com.

Resolution Marketplace

According to organizing guru Julie Morgenstern, the top three New Year's resolutions are Save Money, Exercise More and Get Organized.  As I found in last weekend's newspaper and last month's magazines, there are lots of companies out there ready to sell you more than you need to "fix" what's wrong with you.  What if instead of "fixing" what's wrong we started asking the simple, but powerful wisdom-accessing question "What do I want?"  This year I want more peace, less judgment, more art and more play.  How about you?

Prioritize and Concentrate

I was reading an article by my friend, wise woman and life coach Ellen Laura, when something I'd heard her say many times finally landed and stuck: "two precursor skills must first be mastered to make friends with time -- the ability to prioritize and the ability to concentrate.  This relates to living a life around core values and having needs met".  When I asked myself "What is my priority right now?" and "What do I need to concentrate on right now?" this found poem came in reply.