A Positive Reflection
kdillon2013-02-28T10:39:41+00:00This week I wrote a post after re-writing the About page on my site. While I discovered an irrelevancy now to those words describing me from three years ago when it was originally written, I
A New Chapter in Life
kdillon2013-02-27T09:13:12+00:00There are many benefits to writing on a blog. One is the opportunity to clearly see the past as it was in the moment--not a revisionist's version of it. I am able to look back
Scheduling Time for Having Fun
kdillon2013-02-12T12:14:27+00:00Fun. That's the new project in my OmniFocus task management system. It might seem sad that I had to add a project to have fun, but it's a way to ensure fun activities don't become
It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect
kdillon2013-02-07T13:58:03+00:00"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have." ~ Theodore Roosevelt This quote now hangs on the wall over my two work laptops. It's a reminder, as I sit down to begin
Divorce Advice: Learn to Make Lemonade
kdillon2013-01-29T10:54:38+00:00Sometimes life sucks. There's no more eloquent way to put it. Life experiences can be frustrating, heartbreaking, painful, depressing, and more. Regardless the extent of the challenge, age and experience lead to understanding these two
What Would You Do with Two Hours to Be Completely Self-Indulgent?
kdillon2013-01-22T11:16:33+00:00Work, after school activities, dinner prep, house cleaning, homework assistance, errand running, bill paying, and peacekeeping are some of the activities responsible adults with children attend to on a regular basis. It's hard to make
What I Want for My Children
kdillon2013-01-15T10:45:41+00:00When my children grow up, I want them to be _____________________. Reading that sentence, many will fill in the blank with a doctor, lawyer, teacher, my successor in the family business, or some other profession.
2012: In My Own Words
kdillon2013-01-02T17:07:05+00:00Tomorrow I will be sharing the top ten posts I published in 2012. It's based upon what readers liked the most of my writing effort in 2012. Today, though, I share my own review of
Seeing the World with Grateful Eyes
kdillon2012-11-08T17:54:31+00:00"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." ~Henry David Thoreau Right now many people on Facebook are posting daily what they are grateful for during a 30-day period. This is
Dare to Dream Big
kdillon2012-11-07T13:17:16+00:00As we were driving recently, my son shared with me his life plan (his words). Some of his dreams I have heard before, but a few new ones were added as well. Here's what he