I think it was Confucius who famously said, "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life." Well, no offense to Confucius or whatever, but I would humbly disagree. Or, at least, I would recommend a slight altering of the phrase. Having followed the old Chinese sage's advice, I find myself with what would--if we were discussing the matter over coffee--superlatively be called, "the most possible work." Having started my own ...

I have no desire to scare you into action or prey on your vulnerabilities. That's why this weekend's assignment isn't Go Prepare Yourself For An Apocalypse. (Don't laugh, a lot of my clients have done just that, and have case after case of emergency preparedness supplies to show for it.) I will however, remind us that we're rapidly approaching the more rickety time of year--the months when storms of all sorts of precipitation, power outages, ...

There's something happening with people and folding lately. Everyone in my life keeps managing to bring the conversation back around to their complete and utter loathing of folding their clothes, and, more specifically, their clean laundry. As a zealous lover of folding (and promoter of its obvious benefits), I feel it's my duty to do what I can to restore relations here. And thus, I present unto you: 5 ways to fall in love with folding. ...

Last week I was having a little pow wow with the Jojotastic-est of them all, who's currently in the midst of a bathroom overhaul. What the bathroom has in height it lacks in storage space, and thus she was (is?) on the hunt for a tall, narrow unit to solve her storage woes. She showed me all the options she had found, we agreed on their shortcomings and upsides, and together lamented the overall drought in ...

  We know by now that we can only give our help to others if they're open to receiving it, and we know that despite our unlimited capabilities, we must often contend with the very real limitations of time and available resources. But good people want to bring about goodness, regardless. Loving beings want the best for their family, friends, clients, and creative partners. For those of us who are fixers, who want to make ...