Two of the improvements I’m making over the next 100 days involves giving up, letting go, relinquishing – pop, chips and sweets. I’m not a big sweets eater but… Read more Day 99 (Counting Down 100 Days to My 50th Birthday) →
I recently read an article listing changes you could make, each having a significant impact on your health, if you would do them for 100 consecutive days. I am fascinated with my approaching 50th birthday. You could say borderline obsessed but let’s stay with fascinated just to sound less extreme. When I read the article I was 123 days away from the “event.” I selected a few items to attempt, with the anticipation of hitting the second half of my life feeling good. I work for Mercy Health System’s Noah’s… Read more Day 100 (Counting Down To My 50th Birthday) →
“What is something you do well?” That was the Your Turn Challenge Question for Day 4 – which should have been Thursday. My personal commitment was to write my thoughts on that question last week but a four-hour car ride and a hacked email account sidelined my plans. It was all for good. Over the course of the 200+ mile interstate drive I had mentally crafted an over-the-top tale of my best skills – all of which were expertly tied to my professional public relations and communications goals. It’s now… Read more A Well Fit Dishwasher →
Here’s my #yourturnchallenge answer to the Day 3 question – Something you think should be improved. It’s embarrassing to offer a suggestion for something that should be improved. I lack for nothing. Any problem or concern I could offer up is certainly of the first-world-comfortable-middle-class-no-reason-to-ever-ask-for-anything variety. I am comfortable, well employed and surrounded by friends and family. Yet, at age 49, and in a position to see my half-century mark rapidly approaching I would love have a greater ease in which to find and designate a “life mentor” for my… Read more Mentor Me – #yourturnchallenge →
It doesn’t take any thought to know that my immediate family and my tight circle of friends, those I refer to as my “personal board of directors” are what/who is most important to me. Curiously both of these sets of relationships are circular. If I talk to one in the group I feel compelled to touch base with the other. It’s a beautiful trifecta of motherhood if I’m able to hear from all three of our children in one day. And I’m not particular. A shout-out on Facebook, a text,… Read more All Hail the Friends →
The Your Turn Challenge Blog came about at a great time. I’ve stopped and started my personal blog a dozen times over the last two years. Two years mark the point at which I stopped working for myself and began a different career course. I can’t say I wasn’t warned. The week before I was offered the position, my boss’ boss straightforwardly told me that the new job would take all my attention. It certainly did, at least for the first year but then I became jealous of the time… Read more Your Turn Challenge →
It’s not uncommon when I wake up for my brain to be playing a selection from my mental playlist. This morning it was the 1975 Little River Band song It’s A Long Way There. “It’s a long way to where I’m going…” is one of the lines that I kept hearing over and over. That pretty much sums up my weekly commute, personal ambitions and to-do list for the day. Seriously thankful the tune has incredible harmonies.
A little over a year ago I accepted a full-time marketing position. I surprised myself by leaving my freelance practice and taking on a role that was largely managerial in nature. I tried not to so much be the “boss lady” but the cheerleader for this large group of marketers. It wasn’t long before I found myself missing my creative projects and arts-based clients. Early in March I took a one-day creativity sabbatical. Whatever I wanted to do that day, which did not involve my job I simply did. I… Read more It’s all in how you spin it. →
Lori Marble 