Posted in Blogging, Creativity, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Dutch Life, Expat Life, Food and Drink, Holidays, Life Balance, Netherlands, United States, Work, Writing, tagged Americans, article, barbeque, blogging, book, business, businesses, commerce, corporations, creativity, culture, deadlines, don't wear white after Labor Day, economy, employees, employment, fashion, government, holiday, industry, jobs, labor, Labor Day, meetings, Netherlands, picnic, sales, The Hague, United States, work, work projects, workers, working, writing on September 3, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Today is the first Monday in September. For many, it’s merely the start of yet another work week. Whatever ‘work’ means for you. Getting the children off to school before running a long list of errands and volunteering in the classroom. Pulling into the factory parking lot with a double shift ahead. Trading stories at […]
Posted in Dutch Life, Work, Writing, tagged bouquet, deadbeat, pajamas, working on February 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. It ended up happening this week. I work at home, primarily on my laptop. Two days ago I was juggling a host of projects. Making progress, meeting deadlines, Skyping for a meeting. It was a druk (busy) day. I was getting a lot done, with more to do. […]
Posted in Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, Work, Writing, tagged 'to do' list, priorities, procrastination, working on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been having one of those weeks. You know the kind. Where you have way too much work to do and not enough time to do it all. I’ve got a ‘to do’ list a mile long. I even tried prioritizing the list. Thought I’d identify the most important ‘top five’ items and work my […]
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Change, Exercise & Sports, Expat Life, Family & Friends, Learning Dutch or Other Foreign Languages, Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, Work, Writing, tagged articles, blog, exercise, health, learning Dutch, New Year's Resolutions, organized, published, working, writing on January 5, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It’s nice to be back after a short break that, while busy, was enjoyable, interesting, rejuvenating and restorative. I’ll share more about that in an upcoming post. As readers who follow earlier posts of mine will know, I’m big on reflection and New Year’s resolutions. In fact, the posts The Write Lesson Learned and Letting Go and then Most […]
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