no goals

I’m finishing work this week in Chicago, where I’ve been for the past few months. It’s been a mixed bag, honestly, but I’ve worked with some lovely people and gone from loathing this town to being rather fond of it. This week I don’t really have any fixed plans, though I came at the suggestion …

travel broadens the mind

I am awake at 3am local time, which is a little annoying. If I could, I might poke my internal clock in the eye. This is the thought I woke up with: when did I stop using plastic baggies? My home airport keeps an enormous box of them just outside the security line, and I …

hard habit to break

Earlier this week, I started looking around the house at things I leave plugged in, with a mind to reducing energy consumption. I’ve trained myself to turn off lights, so presumably unplugging laptops and phones and stuff when they’re not in use should be easy. Strangely, it’s not. I’m not even going hard core with …

things i can live without

I told a few of my fellow coaches at training this past weekend about my dream of this different life. It felt like they wouldn’t disapprove. Beautiful thing about coaches: they want people to be happy and fulfilled. They’ll support any way you choose to do that. In practice coaching, I committed to someone to …

horse before cart

Today’s small victory is payday. I’m making a commitment to shop for non-grocery items only at the end of pay cycles rather than at the beginning.