by Sara Skillen | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog, Decisions, mindfulness, Overwhelm, Time
My husband and I just purchased our first hybrid vehicle. Cars mean many different things to people – the “American Love Affair” with the automobile is totally a thing. They are idolized, customized, personalized, and anthropomorphized, from KITT to Lightning...
by Sara Skillen | Mar 20, 2023 | Blog, Decisions, Overwhelm, Perspective, Self Talk
There once was a young man, in a distant, sleepy village, who wanted to change. Peering into his looking-glass every morning, he was dissatisfied with whoever that guy was looking back at him, with one ear slightly higher than the other. That guy had a hard time with...
by Sara Skillen | Sep 5, 2022 | Blog, Overwhelm, Tasks, Time
I went to my first professional soccer game this past weekend. I don’t think I had seriously watched an entire soccer match since our youngest played what we lovingly referred to as “Amoeba Ball”: a tightly-knit wad of 5 year-olds shuffling up and...
by Sara Skillen | Aug 15, 2022 | Blog, Organizing, Overwhelm, Perspective, Self Talk
The young woman glanced ’round her room Portending her weary future with gloom – “There’s nothing for me here but doom, Why can’t I live like Everyone Else?” The laundry, forlorn, piled high on a chair Toys and books all...
by Sara Skillen | Jul 17, 2022 | Blog, Finishing, Order, Organizing, Overwhelm, Perspective, Procrastination, Self Talk
There’s a big thing to be done. You contemplate the big thing, and Big Thing stares right back – it ain’t budgin’. This town isn’t big enough for the both of you. Meet Big Thing in front of the saloon at high noon. Or, arrange a quest to...
by Sara Skillen | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog, Overwhelm, productivity, Tasks, Time
Portions of this post originally appeared in March of 2020, when so many things were unknown and scary. Just as I mused back then, I’ve struggled a little with what to write this week. But looking back over some old notes and connecting them to where I am now – I was...
