I just finished reading the newest productivity book phenomenon, Four Thousand Weeks — and wow, it was a thinker. The author, Oliver Burkeman, asks us to question the value of trying to get everything done (which is the underlying driver behind nearly all productivity and time management principles) when we have only four thousand weeks […]
Thinking
The Clarinet Player and the Sleepless Night
I was working in my leased office on the west side of Colorado Springs on Wednesday around 4:15 when I heard a noise over my noise-canceling headphones. It was a young woman playing the clarinet on the patio outside my office window. To say I was surprised would be an understatement. That surprise immediately turned […]
Silence and Chocolate
I don’t remember ever truly craving quiet until I had kids. But then, before I had kids, quiet wasn’t a luxury — for the most part, it was something I could have whenever I wanted it. I could close the door, put in earplugs, go for a walk by myself in nature, or go sit […]
