A few weeks ago I entered a yoga class after a several year hiatus. This was not the death by planks class of my foolhardy younger years, but a softer, just-enough-to-feel-good variety. As the instructor
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Tag: Janet Beagle
So You Think You’re Tough?
I like to think I’m tough. Here’s how I know I’m not. The other day I was re-reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Farmer Boy. I love reading about these hardy pioneers. I mostly love to read
Read morePercussive Boom
Add this to the list of weird things that have happened to me. I was running my dog outside before a work-from-home meeting (that part is not unusual), when my shoes crunched across something unexpected
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I come from a long line of thrifty innovators. The kind that take great pride in sayings like: Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without! So it surprised no one
Read moreHidden Thankfulness
Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there. I’d like to thank all the people I never thanked. This could be a sweeping generality: family, friends, first responders, the lady cleaning the
Read moreWrestling with the Deep and Hard
I’ve been wrestling with the deep and the hard these last few years. God knows it. I know it. The bell sounds and we go another round. I think of Jacob wrestling all night long
Read moreLife is Weird. (Leadership Lessons from Ecclesiastes)
Every once in a while, I need a good dose of Ecclesiastes. I like to remind myself that the purported wisest man in the world, the one about whom the Queen of Sheba said, “you
Read moreTime Wasted (Learning Peace When Plans Derail)
I bet you’ve had a day like this too: I woke up extra early with my list of errands in hand. My first stop was unexpectedly closed. Then the bridge was out, and the detour
Read moreThe Price and Cost of the Ultimate Freedom
Unless you’re an accountant, you’ve probably never thought about the difference between price and cost. I didn’t until today. But while we may use the words interchangeably, there is a notable difference. Cost is what
Read moreI Need You to Be Okay Without Me
This post is about my dog. And about so much more than my dog. It’s also about me, and possibly you, too. When the pandemic hit, I was one of the lucky ones. Through a
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