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Kid Stuff
I’ve been working more often with children again, something I’ve done with great delight since early in my career. It often comes about that I work with children in the course of partnering with the parents: first the parents, then the youngster(s). My youngest one-on-one client ever was five. My record number of children on-site…
Read MoreSpring is Gonna have Sprung
I don’t know what it is about March and April but I get dizzy with blossoming conferences and seminars, every year. This year: March 4 – 5, the Online Hoarding Disorder Conference of the International OCD Foundation March 10, the Connecticut Women’s Consortium’s Buried In Treasures: The Nature and Treatment of Hoarding Disorder with David…
Read MoreGeorge Carlin and Stuff
There are people who believe George Carlin was one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time. I happen to agree. He was also foul-mouthed, entirely irreverent, and I think he cared as deeply about the human race as a doctor looking for a cure for cancer. His observations on stuff were timeless and achingly…
Read MoreJerry Seinfeld Decluttering Humor – Happy Valentine’s Day
Jerry Seinfeld offered a hilarious take on clutter on Jimmy Fallon’s 12/24/2014 The Tonight Show. Happy Valentine’s Day! And my deep gratitude to Kacy Paide, The Inspired Office, who blogged about this and it caught my attention.
Read MoreI don’t like real-life mysteries
I don’t like real-life mysteries. I’ll read fiction all day every day, cut my teeth on Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, graduated to Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Lord Peter and Nero Wolfe. I avoid the real-life stuff at all cost. I’m reviewing some of my bookkeeping, which prompts this self-reflection. Worry about the client…
Read MoreMe & the Bolt Cutters
Bolt cutters 3′ tall. Weight 15lbs. I’m 5′ tall. I was swinging that thing around like it was a hotdog I was trying to keep from my son’s unruly dog, Bacon. And now I explain. I own a garden cart for work. Big basic black workhorse, carries 175lbs. Client taught me about mine two…
Read MoreThe Diderot Effect
I learned about The Diderot Effect while reading James Clear‘s book Atomic Habits to earn my Institute for Challenging Disorganization Level II Time Management and Productivity Specialist Certificate. Denis Diderot, according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, was a French philosopher in the 1700s who explored a huge range of social, political and scientific issues of his…
Read MoreLet de Jong – How to sidestep labels and tap into your inner resources
Let de Jong, Let’s Salsa, and David Chislett focused on How to sidestep labels and tap into your inner resources during their 2020 Playful Creative Summit conversation (I’m linking to 2021; 2020 is now private.). This is my kind of woman!!!! A Dutch native, and (former) graphic designer fed up with design, she went adventuring…
Read MoreArt As A Pathway To Self – Rebecca Tolk
Art As A Pathway To Self, Rebecca Tolk‘s 2021 Playful Creative Summit conversation with David Chislett, appealed to me on many levels. The dialogue was free-flowing. Tolk notes, for example, that she spends a good part of her time on inartistic efforts, such as her marketing, which can have a dispiriting effect on her creativity.…
Read MoreHow to Use Creative Play to Build a Better Future Chrissy Levett
How to Use Creative Play to Build a Better Future. I liked the sound of this before I even listened to the exchange between Chrissy Levett of Creative Conscience and David Chislett for the 2021 Playful Creative Summit. I wasn’t disappointed. I’m quoting Levett from within one minute of their conversation: “In order to change…
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