Share I remembered how I used to plan my time over the week – what really worked well back in 2004 through 2008 – and decided to implement the best part of what worked. I also talk about what it’s been like to clean out my storage space – recognizing how far I have come [...]
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A Day in My Life – Leap Day 2012
Share [I mostly posted this to make myself feel better, because I continuously beat myself up for not getting enough done. Perhaps if I read how much I actually do, it will shut that self-critical voice up for a while.] February 29, 2012 3:52 am – Wake up (no alarm) and look over at my [...]
I don't deserve this english muffin.
Share I don’t deserve this english muffin. Not just because it’s all carby and toasted and smothered in real butter. But because this morning I haven’t earned my food yet. There are tasks yet unfinished. The unanswered emails, the unbought gifts, the unwashed dishes, the unlaunched sites, the uncollected receivables, the uninterviewed experts, the unresponded [...]
An Anti-Confession of Days Not Written
Share My name is Elizabeth Potts Weinstein, and it has been six days since I have written. Six days since my last paragraph, phrase, journal entry, blog post, physical expression of my creativity, mental rambling, angst, poetry, rant, or endless diatribe. And I am bursting. Overflowing with stories, with metaphors, with lessons only partially learned [...]
5 Prompts to Indulge in the Perfect Self Care Day
Share Self care is a continuing struggle for me – both because I need it so desperately to create space for the creative nature of my work – and because I feel so guilty about it. There’s a voice in my head that always says: “Elizabeth, all this self-care stuff is just an excuse to [...]
Embracing Chaos with Grace
Share (Essay written November 2007) I am not dispensing financial and legal advice from an upper floor of a fancy high-rise, in a dark, wood paneled office, resting on a leather chair, over a mahogany conference table. My advice is dispensed while a toddler is yanking on my sweater, with Dora the Explorer blaring in [...]
Is it weird for me to work at home while I send Gracie to preschool?
Share And even more important … why do I think this? Why do I feel guilt? I would not think it was weird for me to send Gracie to preschool (which has been wonderful for her, by the way, she even has friends now!), if I went to a J.O.B. in an office. Or even [...]
I'm Elizabeth Potts Weinstein, a writer, teacher, and coach.