I hear a lot of people disparaging New Year’s resolutions. People say: I don’t do resolutions because they don’t work. I disagree. Well, I agree they don’t work but the reason they don’t work isn’t because they are resolutions. That’s just a label. Call it whatever you want. They don’t work because we never really […]

“I’m working at Starbucks.” What does that mean? When you read the title what did it mean to you? When I texted that sentence to my friend, I thought its meaning was perfectly clear. Later, I learned the meaning depends on your perspective. My perspective has changed. I’m part of a new work world now. […]

Yesterday, I was the host, leader and lone attendee at a vigorous weekly planning meeting. “We” created a detailed plan for the workweek including project plans, activities, start and end times. Plenty of productivity plus built-in downtime. Sunday evening was relaxed and fun knowing that everything had its place in the schedule for the week […]

I finished my business website. You can check it out at gretchenbehnke.com. How did I do it? How did I go from last Tuesday: no website whatsoever, writing a post about being stuck and procrastinating, to this Tuesday: website complete, writing a post announcing its launch? How did I do it? (I’m asking this question […]

This is a new idea I’m road-testing. You may laugh and that’s okay. I’ll still make you a bracelet. I started noticing that some of my evenings were not being spent productively. On stay-in evenings, there was a little too much lounging on the couch, grazing on cheese and crackers, and watching TV unpurposefully. Too […]