Gratitude

This is an archive of all of our site's past entries in the Gratitude category. Click on a title to read the full entry.

Letting go of meaningful things

Here’s some reader Q&A:
> Shawn,
>
> I’m feeling inspired to do another round of spring cleaning. And I
> find myself wondering if there is a way to mentally reframe ‘throwing
> things away’. Especially things that have meant something in the past,
> but things which I doubt anyone would enjoy if I tried to give it away
> […]

Signs to live by

The following email was sent to me today. I’ll call it one of those “humanizers” worth sharing.
Hi Shawn. Below is an interesting way of interfacing with people.
Got it from a site which makes musical instruments. (One of which I am
going to buy when my $ gets thicker.)
Chuck
*Signs*
The other day I stopped in the […]

Long days and still smiling

There’s been just so much going on and it seems weird that the blog is so quiet. So here I am, tired at the end of two incredibly long days but determined to do a minor check-in.
Big organizing gig this week. It’s incredibly rewarding to help someone release things that they’ve held on to […]

Impromptu client story

I just received a gratifying email from a client whose filing system we re-org’d earlier this year. (And as a side note, she is a phone consultation client.)
Hey, here’s a win: I have to get together ALL the receipts for improvements for my house for my refinance so I can prove that I spent my […]

Running before walking

I mentioned in an earlier post that my one year term as Toastmasters Area 64 Governor has come to a close. It officially ended June 30th, but I volunteered to help with the coordination of the recent Officer Training because I remembered how quickly the responsibility fell on me at the beginning of my term […]

Family vacation report

After several days of 80 degree weather, many sets of tennis, doing “gymnastics” in a perfect temperature pool, delicious food, excellent company (Mom, Dad, sister Erin, and Erin’s new beau Dave) I thoroughly relaxed. Ahhhhh, feels good to get out of the daily patterns. It’s like hitting the “reset” button. Amazing how calming perfect weather […]

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