• If We Were Having Coffee // It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas

    If We Were Having Coffee // It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas

    Hello dear readers! Happy Sunday and welcome. Thank you for stopping by for a bit of caffeine and catching up. I’m not up as early as I wanted to be, but I went to bed a lot later than I should…

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  • If We Were Having Coffee // One Last Busy Week

    If We Were Having Coffee // One Last Busy Week

    Hello dear readers! Happy Sunday and welcome. Thank you for stopping by for a bit of caffeine and catching up. I got up late this morning, but I made coffee the first priority this morning so I’m moving fast. I sure wish I…

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  • If We Were Having Coffee // The New Year Begins Now

    If We Were Having Coffee // The New Year Begins Now

    Hello dear readers! Happy Sunday and welcome. Thank you for stopping by for a bit of caffeine and catching up. I’m moving slowly this morning. I’m ambling about unfocused, scattered, and distracted. My schedule was thrown off by the cancellation of…

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  • Seven December Shifts

    Seven December Shifts

    If you can’t be wise, be observing. It’s easy to think you always know what’s going on and what should be done, it’s harder to consider that you may be missing something. You can’t become wise if you aren’t willing…

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  • If We Were Having Coffee // A Long Week Back

    If We Were Having Coffee // A Long Week Back

    Hello dear readers! Happy Sunday, welcome, and thank you for stopping by for a bit of caffeine and catching up. I was up early this morning—despite a terrible night’s sleep—getting some Sunday housework out of the way and trying to work…

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  • 334//365

    Today we had an open forum meeting at work on guns and mandatory reporting in the workplace.  Occasionally kids will bring Nerf guns, or water guns, or facsimiles of firearms on the school bus. None of these are allowed on school…

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  • Currently // November 2018: The Last Chance Has Passed

    Currently // November 2018: The Last Chance Has Passed

    Despite, or, more likely, because of, the Thanksgiving holiday and all the planning and prepping, and the time with family, and the time off from work too, November seems to have come and gone faster than any other month this year.…

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  • Monday Motivation + Goals // Deep Work

    Monday Motivation + Goals // Deep Work

    My biggest goal this week is to start practicing the art of “deep work“. I learned about the concept through an old Ezra Klein podcast interview with Cal Newport, a computer science professor who writes about the toll technology takes on…

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  • If We Were Having Coffee // A Perfect Week Off

    If We Were Having Coffee // A Perfect Week Off

    Hello dear readers! Happy Sunday, and welcome to my new blog! It’s not as put together as the other place, I know. I’m still moving things around and figuring out what to bring and what to leave behind. We probably…

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  • A New Place to Start

    A New Place to Start

    “We have not seen enough of the rough drafts of those we admire. Confidence means forgiving ourselves for the horrors of our first attempts.” — The School of Life Confidence Prompt Card Hello, hello, and welcome. My name is Lisa,…

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