One of my best friends from childhood told me recently that she remembered me always carrying around a book with me at school. I honestly don’t recall that, but I’m not surprised! I do love a good read. I guess it makes sense that I now work in libraries…and that I like to keep a […]
How to Stop Time: 5 Ideas for making (and keeping) memories
Do you wonder where last month went? Last year? The last six years? Me, too. My six-year-old is suddenly 12, tromping around in my shoes and borrowing my t-shirts. I want to stop time. Now. Turns out there’s a way to trick your mind into believing the clock has slowed down. And, luckily, our brains […]
How to do chic snacking, save for college & be ‘effortless’
To me, the end of winter is a time for reflection and for a reset. And it’s a good time for a mixed-bag reading list, which can make for some interesting takeaways. Happy editing! À Table (2021), by Rebekah Peppler. Chic snacking, the French way. This is the cookbook I’ll be turning to for dinners, […]
5 Things about Writing Your Teachers Didn’t Tell You
I’m pretty sure we all learned how to write essays the same way—by using boring rules for wordy paragraphs and formulaic sentence structure. Unfortunately, boring rules = boring writing. And sometimes boring writing doesn’t get the intended message across. Uh-oh. Is your writing boring or hard to read? Marketing guru Ann Handley has some easy-to-implement […]
Get Back to Work: Considering A World Without Email
Are you Team Inbox Zero? It might feel like you’re Getting Stuff Done, but managing email is NOT REAL WORK. Holding back the tide (or tsunami!) of messages gets in the way of what we’re really supposed to be doing at work. Truth: It can be misery-inducing to the point of making us hate our […]
What’s Your Story? Three Ways to Build Your Brand
When I used to think about branding or a brand, I would think about design and logo, and a tagline. But since I’ve recently been given a new role as marketing and outreach coordinator for the library system I work for, I’m thinking about it a lot deeper. This month, I’ve been poring over The […]