by thetendingyear | May 14, 2019 | Chronic Pain, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Values
Healing isn’t a math problem. Even though sometimes, with enough rationalizing, it can feel like there just has to be one right answer out there, if someone would just plug in the right numbers. This post is about the team of healers who help me manage my...
by thetendingyear | May 7, 2019 | Chronic Pain, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Time Management, Values, Workaholism
We rely on our resources to accomplish our goals. In order to learn how to better manage my personal resources, I spent a whole week documenting and analyzing my experience with specific resources (money, time, energy, focus, willpower, presence, and connection, to...
by thetendingyear | Apr 30, 2019 | Mindfulness, Personal Development, Values
It’s time to do a check in, tenderhearts. Did you pick a word or theme for 2019 in January? If you remember, way back in the very first post of the 2019, I identified my theme word for this year: garden. In that post, I wrote why this theme was the best one for...
by thetendingyear | Apr 23, 2019 | Personal Development, Project Management, Time Management, Values
I used to do this thing I called “libra cleaning.” It involved gathering up all of the mess in a room, throwing it in a closet or drawer, and then shutting the door to hide the disorder and feign a clean home. Looking back, I’m not sure that libra...
by thetendingyear | Apr 2, 2019 | Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Values
Reflection shouldn’t be limited to December. If you’re on The Tending Letter mailing list , you learned in yesterday’s letter that I am theming April the “Month of No.” I decided on this theme after I reflected on the ways I overcommitted...
by thetendingyear | Mar 24, 2019 | Mindfulness, Productivity, Values, Workaholism
Prioritization is really just choosing to do one thing and not another. Sounds so simple when you put it that way, huh? Don’t worry, my fellow recovering workaholics, mental illness-experiencers, and super busy pals: I of all people understand how daunting...
