First full day of vacation and purposeful slow time is under way. A later night and a typical early morning and a long day of nothing have me mindful of letting things go. Stiff sticky shirt and shorts from ocean water now dry? Ok. Sand dust still on my legs, between my toes? Fine. Laughter …
Month: July 2015
A Fresh Look at PTO: A Purposeful Minimalist Goes On Vacation
Wrote this piece last year before the family vacation. Priming again this week for this year's vacation, starting on Saturday. Pretty stoked. I fell a bit short of my "goals" last year -- gonna have another go to make the most of each and every vacation day. -- On average, annual "paid time off" in …
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What America Do You Want To Live In?
I try to steer clear of blatant, direct commentary or story otherwise, related to politics. That space is plenty filled by pundits, talking heads, policy wonks, and spin doctors (and legit political scientists and journalist too). However, after seeing this quote from ol' Pat Buchanan, I have to offer a simple thought, at last. Here's …
#Worklife 1.0
Lately business has been a bit challenging. With the energy sector in the space it is now (and has been for the past twelve months or so), budgets have been adjusted, belts have been tightened, plans have been scaled back. In the capital equipment business, that means orders have slowed some, and the values have …
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