Who knows the feeling? The feeling of realizing you had the wrong name in the address bar, or the wrong document attached, or no...

Many people I know keep a running to-do list. But even those of us who pride ourselves on productivity can't get to everything on the...

To help us get to know each other at freshman orientation, they asked us what animal we would be. I said a squirrel. Not a very noble or...

A while back I posted one of my favorite quotes: "If you can't face it, you can't fix it." This quote resonates for both the big stuff...

When I was a college freshman, a simple reading assignment could take hours. I would read a little, chat a little, read a little, eat a...

"Money can't buy happiness." I've heard it. I've said it. I believe it. But money can make life a bit easier. There's the big stuff, of...

The traffic came to a complete stop. I had been making good time on the way to my son's baseball game after work. And then all of a...

"I have written more in the past few weeks than I have since I graduated college with my creative writing degree 11 years ago," my friend...

As our meeting wrapped up, I volunteered to send a recap to everyone, particularly for the benefit of the committee member who wasn't...

I was having trouble with QuickBooks and had to ask a co-worker to help me determine whether an invoice had been paid. It had been, so I...

I am naturally more of a hare than a tortoise.  But I have learned over the years that channeling my inner tortoise and slowing down...

It was only going to be the third flight my husband and I had taken together in 13 years of marriage. A trip from Philadelphia to Atlanta...

"So... what's the plan for today?" I hear those words and simultaneously smile and roll my eyes. It drives me crazy when my kids ask me...

Years ago a friend showed me her wall calendar and the many papers she had clipped to the November and December pages. After Christmas...

If you absolutely, no-matter-what had to get something finished by the end of the week, who could you call on to help make sure you got...

Years ago I worked for a boss who was insistent upon making his own travel arrangements. I was finally able to convince him to let me...

For the last several months, I've had to press the unlock button on my key fob several times before my car actually unlocks. And then...

"An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon...

It's not that complicated to publish a blog post twice a week. (As long as you know what you want to write about, that is.) But when I...

What are you doing right now? No really, right now. Are you enjoying a blog post? Are you mindlessly clicking on a blog post? Are you...