by Melissa Kascak | Dec 11, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
When babies are little, veteran parents feel compelled to say to the new parents “the days are long, but the years are short.” They advise you to savor every moment while your kids are little. As a new parent, I nodded and agreed and felt like there was no truer... by Melissa Kascak | Sep 4, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
‘God bless you’ isn’t reserved for those of us who are pious or even at all religious. It’s a social convention that we all adhere to unless you’re Jerry Seinfeld and want to say “you’re so good looking” when someone sneezes in your vicinity… When my grandmother...
by Walt Hampton | Jun 20, 2024 | Success
In our fast-paced, achievement-oriented culture, where being busy is often seen as a badge of honor, it’s easy to reach the end of each day with a critical eye, tallying up our accomplishments. We frequently find ourselves asking, “Did I do enough...
by Walt Hampton | May 2, 2024 | Success
I’ve been puttering in my garden. I love my garden. But I find puttering to be a challenge. You see, I’m a big believer in action: Doing, achieving, accomplishing; moving like a shark lest I perish from inertia. Steeped, as I am, in the cultural paradigm...
by Melissa Kascak | Dec 20, 2023 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
I don’t watch chick flicks. I am not usually one for sappy and sentimental. That’s not to say that I don’t get sappy and sentimental from time to time, I just don’t want to watch other people being sappy and sentimental for 90 minutes straight. The...