How to sidestep requests for your emotional labor
5 responses that will make you not the only one who can find things Today’s post is about avoiding requests for our mental energy, but… Read More »How to sidestep requests for your emotional labor
Goodbye Coffee Table: Changing the living room set up
Coffee table time is a big part of what I preach, a foundation of my home operating system. Ours was a big reclaimed wood thing… Read More »Goodbye Coffee Table: Changing the living room set up
Love Notes: using notes to divide the labor at home
Conserve your energy when you share the load Dear friend, I want to share how I use notes to help lighten my load. Sometimes, there… Read More »Love Notes: using notes to divide the labor at home
Inbox 5: How to declutter your email and keep it that way
Dear Friend/Stranger, These past few weeks, I’ve been getting on top of my inboxes. I’m on the other side now, living at inbox 5 (meaning… Read More »Inbox 5: How to declutter your email and keep it that way
How to Outsmart Task Paralysis
A look at why we have task paralysis and how to work with this part of ourselves. Dear Stranger/Friend, do you know why you have… Read More »How to Outsmart Task Paralysis
Creative Ways to Get into Art Shows and Build Your Artist Resume
It’s the newly emergent artist conundrum: to get into shows, you need a resume; to have a resume, you need to be in shows. I… Read More »Creative Ways to Get into Art Shows and Build Your Artist Resume
How to Be Mindful with the Time you Spend in the Digital Space this Year
Over the years I’ve tried many ways to prevent my time from being lost in the digital space, including a past New Year’s Resolution: A… Read More »How to Be Mindful with the Time you Spend in the Digital Space this Year
Backyard Weeds can be Free Food
Like many Americans, our careers have been affected by tariffs, DOGE, AI and the economy in general. After decades of paying the taxes that support… Read More »Backyard Weeds can be Free Food
Climate Challenge Week 1
A few years ago I was seized with the question: What can I do in my everyday life to stop contributing to climate change? At… Read More »Climate Challenge Week 1
DIY Rabbit or Chicken Tractor From Scrap Wood
My interest in reducing my emissions led to an interest in gardening. I have no interest in buying bags of dirt and toting them home… Read More »DIY Rabbit or Chicken Tractor From Scrap Wood