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Annual Review 2018
2018 was a big year. I've worked harder this year than I ever have in my life (and that's really saying something). As I look back, I'm proud of what I've accomplished, and I'm also navigating the peculiar difficulties of slowing down. It's a challenge to achieve and accomplish things, and not work so hard, but that seems to be what 2019 has in store for me. Annual Review Table of Contents My #AnnualReview consists of 4 parts: What were [...]
Summer Christmas
Having a summer Christmas in New Zealand is odd. Like the whole world is turned upside-down. Which, I suppose in the Southern Hemisphere, it is. The sun rises before 6 am, and sets after 10. The longest day of the year is next week. It's disorienting to have our traditional Winter holiday as the beginning of the summer season, but it's also exciting and fun. We started shaking off our old holiday traditions by completely ignoring Thanksgiving this year, [...]
10 Books That Changed My Life
I’m going to tell you about 10 books that changed my life, which is tricky for me, right now. Most of the books that changed my life are not currently in my possession. My library is in storage in the United States, the last 1000 books I could not bear to part with when we moved to New Zealand, so the interesting part of this exercise is — I have to see what really sticks. In selecting my top 10, [...]
Natural Healing Remedies
As it turns out, working 60 hours a week for 9 months is not good for the body. I developed some startling symptoms recently, right about the same time I resigned from my day job, and decided to go back to running my business full time. To cure my symptoms, I used the natural healing remedies that have worked best for me: Qi GongNutritionBaths and SweatPositive ThinkingLaughter TherapyGratitude PracticesThe Naturopathic Principles The Healing Art of Qi Gong Qi Gong is [...]
The 2019 Desire Map Planner
I've been an avid fan of The Desire Map for years. The Desire Map Planner is a practical method of guiding your life and your task lists by what is most important to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV0EFOqJ-uE In the video above, I recommended that you should go through The Desire Map process first, to discover your Core Desired Feelings. These 4 feelings become the guiding forces by which you steer your choices in life. However, this year the author, Danielle LaPorte, [...]
Gutenberg is Coming to WordPress
The new Gutenberg editor is the future of WordPress. I've decided to take Gutenberg for a spin in advance of the core update. Since WordPress website design is the foundation of my business, I'm always testing the latest tools and upgrades in advance, for two reasons: a) I want to make sure it doesn't break the dozens of sites of which I am currently the webmaster, and b) by staying on the cutting edge, I never have the luxury to [...]