by LivingROI | Sep 2, 2018 | Blog
Dear Friends, My youngest baby will be leaving the nest for college in 14 days. These last weeks have seemed to go on so long—more bitter than sweet. I want to drink in every moment, and at the same time, my daughter is sometimes pushing me away as she prepares. She...
by LivingROI | Aug 26, 2018 | Blog
Dear Friends, Have you ever forgotten what you did last weekend? Not to mention last year or a decade ago? We literally run through our lives these days, barely integrating, or even remembering, the hundreds of experiences we have every week, month and year. Those...
by LivingROI | Aug 19, 2018 | Blog
Dear Friends, This is a topic I feel passionate about. Rarely are the words, “It’s not personal, it’s just business.” said directly these days; however, the idea that we live by a different set of principles at work than we do at home is still around. It’s an excuse...
by LivingROI | Aug 12, 2018 | Blog
Dear Friends, Do you ever start your day with an unrealistic list of things “to-do”? Yesterday morning I had grand plans, as usual, for how much I would get done. Imagining myself “catching-up” on the many to-dos that sometimes plague me. Not only would I get...
by LivingROI | Aug 5, 2018 | Blog
Dear Friends, On Tuesday I drove 340 miles north from Santa Cruz, through the most traffic-congested parts of the Bay Area, to the small mountain town of Mt. Shasta. The town is an hour’s drive north from Redding, so I thought, incorrectly, that it would be beyond and...
by LivingROI | Jul 29, 2018 | Blog
Dear Friends, Do you get outside as much as you’d like to? Last week I learned that, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American spends 93% of their life indoors. Concerning, sad and not surprising. Most people work indoors, and work...