Happy Wednesday, friends. I hope that you got out and voted yesterday if you didn’t have a chance to vote during early voting. Aaron and I made it out to the polls yesterday evening before they closed, and I was proud to see so many other Harris County residents making their vote count. It’s been a busy week, and I’ve…
Category: Work
Work Lately: Saying Yes – When you Should Say No
Happy Thursday, friends. I was MIA yesterday because…… well, work. Gotta love it. Ever feel like you have your hands in too many pots sometimes? Yeah, that’s where I ended up yesterday. It’s all good, but this week has become a compilation of too many deadlines, things getting added to that to-do list – and well, an onslaught of emails.…
What’s your color?
Happy Thursday friends. I hope you enjoyed my Bachelor in Paradise recap earlier this week – along with some home renovation items on my to do list. I’ve got a fun, but busy, Fall coming up. And I got to thinking about what truly energizes me. Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in a unique training session at…
Work Wednesday: What is Employee Engagement and Why Should It Matter?
Work has been incredibly busy lately. This week, it’s been meeting after meeting. I had to give a presentation today, which is not my favorite thing to do if I’m being completely honest. Anyone else? But, something fun that I’ve been working on lately is a committee that I’m on. It’s an advisory committee meant to help develop, educate and…
Top Five Favorite Work From Home Items
Since I started working from home a year ago, I’ve gotten used to some items I just can’t live without. I figured I’d share them with you today. If you’ve been reading here any amount of time, you know that my office was a victim of February’s freeze. So, even though, I’m in my makeshift offie (literally in the middle…
Work Wednesday: Managing Work-Life Boundaries
I had the chance to listen to a webinar a couple of weeks ago, and the topic was managing work-life boundaries during COVID-19. We are all facing so many challenges with the onset of COVID-19. Everyone is struggling, but in different ways. Whether you have children or no children; Maybe you are caring for elderly parents. Maybe you are having…
Work Wednesday: Three Ways to Prevent Burnout
Back to semi-regular scheduled programming. I am by no means a house restoration expert, and while I do plan to share what’s been going on in my personal corner of the world, this isn’t a space dedicated solely to home renovation. So today, I’m here to talk about something incredibly relevant in my work life: ways to prevent burnout –…
4 Tips to Maximize your Productivity While Working from Home
Raise your hand if you are still in the working from home group, or what I like to call the WFH group. Well, that makes (at least) two of us. In fact, it’s been nearly a year since I cleared out my office down in the Med Center – and moved it all into the dining room in our old…