Notice the sun dial on the church. This is one of my absolute favorite pictures from our trip to Ibiza. Island time goes at a flip flop pace. Love it!
Entries from May 2009
May 30, 2009
In favor of distraction
Arielle Ford was in the air, heading towards Las Vegas while she read my book (and ‘highlighted much of it’ she said in an email – she likes it. She really likes it!). Her husband, sitting next to her, kept poking her in the side while he read a recent New York magazine article by [...]
May 29, 2009
Whoopee Moment Shared
The power of slow is about our relationship with time and how we can live mindfully to have more of it. But what if your days were numbered, like Randy Pausch’s? What if you thought your time was up, then got a second chance?
For as long as I’ve known Larry Pontius, he has been a [...]
May 29, 2009
Right on Time
“Oh no!” my friend’s email cyber-wailed. “I forgot your birthday…” Actually, she had not. She had remembered right on time.
I spent seven glorious days on a Spanish island with two of my favorite people in the world: my best friend and my husband (my other best friend). Completely offline, I wouldn’t have gotten my friend’s [...]
May 26, 2009
Battery Recharge
As I stared down at my camera battery gleefully soaking up more energy from its charger cradle, I realized we are a lot more like machines than we realize.
We need to recharge our batteries like everything else. Taking time off is as important as breathing because it helps us do it better. It needn’t be just [...]
May 21, 2009
Say it again, Ayn
A nugget to ponder as I depart the blogosphere for a week of fun in the sun.
The power of slow is a philosophy based on the strength of our choices. Do we want to run blindly through our days based on misconceptions of self, or do we desire to look more closely to see what truly matters to us?
Ayn [...]
May 20, 2009
Can we just…not?
Yesterday was the pinnacle. We traversed the Greater Munich area, enjoying the scenery and commenting on how beautiful Germany is. But last evening, soaking our sore hams in the bleeding sunlight, we agreed we would make today a ‘transition day’, a day in which we upload and download our vacation photos, stare at our suitcases [...]
May 19, 2009
It’s Tuesday, it must be…slow here
We just returned from an all-day outing to Starnberg Lake in the south of Munich. Yesterday evening we tried to plan it, but somehow our minds were fogged after another day of sight-seeing and entertaining. I decided to leave it up to the power of slow to allow the next day to unfold.
And unfold it [...]
May 17, 2009
Slow Food in Bavaria
I make a lousy tourist. For one thing I’d prefer to talk to the countrymen of the place I’m visiting than my fellow tourists with cameras strapped around their necks. My dad and his wife are visiting, and I’m finding I’m a much better tour guide, but not by much. I don’t know some of [...]
May 15, 2009
Vacating the premises
In a special Work-Life Balance section, CNN reported yesterday about vacation time in the United States.
Are you fearful to take time off because you think you might get axed?
Think again.
It has been proven that rested workers are more productive than those who work 16 hour days. The best thing to do is to communicate with [...]
