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Not too long ago, when my adult son mentioned how busy his work and life have become,  my husband was reminded of an annual planning session he had attended at which a facilitator presented a workshop on how to organize your time.  As my husband drew a diagram from that workshop, I realized that he [...]

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Walking up to the United States customs agent in an airport after a trip out of the country always makes me feel uneasy. Will there be something wrong?  Where should I look as the agent flips through my passport? So I stand there, feeling awkward. Finally, the agent looks at me one more time and then, [...]

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A giant construction project disrupts the lives and the commute of many people who use the Washington DC (or Capital)  Beltway and the business routes between the Beltway and the Dulles International Airport.   This same construction project also raises hope among many travelers that one day they can take the metro the full 30 [...]

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A Saturday alone is a gift.  My husband is gone for the weekend, and I am writing. As a reward to writing first, I promised myself a bit of email-inbox decluttering. To see if I should read it or delete it, I clicked on Gretchen Rubin’s “5 Mistakes I Continue To Make in My Marriage.”  [...]

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What could help you have an easier time starting to write and sticking with the writing? In the new book Willpower, psychologist Roy F. Baumeister and New York Times science writer John Tierney present research that willpower is limited, in part because you use the same resource for so many different things.  Since you can’t [...]

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When did you first hear of “decision fatigue”? Perhaps, like me, it was when the New York Times Magazine published an article on decision fatigue and you started getting emails from your friends and family with links to that article.  In fact, you probably received many links, and maybe the term “decision fatigue” has even [...]

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You have a long-term goal—say, writing a dissertation or a book.  And the going gets tough.  This is one huge project. It’s a long haul—it may mean months or years of coming back to that same project. It’s been going on for quite a while.  Have you stuck with it?  Have you kept coming back [...]

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How has your summer been so far?  Are you meeting your writing goals?  Or are you uneasy as you look at the calendar?   Unfortunately, the best of intentions at the beginning of summer can sometimes get waylaid.  If you have met your writing goals or if you are on track to meet them, congratulations and [...]

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A caller asked if I had ever coached someone who had become stalled on a house renovation project.  My answer was no, but what came to mind was how similar all big projects are.   How difficult it can be to keep going.  How crushing the project can become.  But it doesn’t have to be this [...]

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I have coached many people who write dissertations while juggling the demands of family life. It’s difficult to juggle the daily demands, but to give up a holiday with one’s family is a particularly hard choice to make. As the Memorial Day holiday approaches here in the U.S., I am thinking back to a Memorial Day weekend [...]

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