Archive for the 'family' Category
Beating the Clutter to Death!
6 Comments Published September 17th, 2009 in family, goals, happiness, life, motivation, organizing, productivityAt the risk of belaboring the topic of clutter once again, I wanted to revisit my previous posts and expand on some ideas I’ve had since then. I started out talking about the way clutter keeps coming back in Revenge of the Clutter. Then I followed up with an Update on Clearing the Clutter. Since [...]
The Benefits of Being Late
13 Comments Published October 28th, 2008 in children, choices, employment, family, happiness, jobs, life, productivity, relationships, self improvement, time managementI have to admit that I’m habitually late. For the most part, I do all right in getting to work on time (or almost on time!), but I’m one of those guys who seems to always be at least a few minutes behind when there’s a wedding to go to, a party, or a family [...]
Northern Girl Posts on Parenting and Killing Deer
2 Comments Published October 11th, 2006 in children, family, life, relationshipsNorthern Girl has posted on her blog (whaling season) a moving article about her relationship with her teenage daughter. Her writing is refreshingly direct and leaves some haunting imagery as an afterglow. It really resonated with how I feel about my own parenting. As a parent, sometimes I stop and wonder where the time has [...]

