Pause Blog On Overload, Overwhelm & Life In General

REFLECTION: When in comes to overload at work and at home, the stuff of life can be a major source of irritation. Now, I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with things, but for me, despite knowing better and despite the best of intentions, I find it easy to ignore growing accumulations until they can no longer be contained or other things start competing for the space.

Case in point #1: A decade or more of computer back up disks and original software only recently got sorted out when available off-site back up storage space shrunk and something had to give. The sort and sift was long overdue, since I’d already shifted to automated backups using external drives that swap in and out with regularity. The space crunch forced the issue. Read More…

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There are at least a handful of Saskatonians who really know how to celebrate Canada Day in style.

This boatload spent the sunny afternoon cruisin’ the South Saskatchewan River. Traffic is much lighter on the river than the road!

This duo knows there’s nothing more Canadian for holding up your flag than a hockey stick!

Thanks to friend, Barbara McNichol, for the snaps. Barbara (a former Saskie herself) and hubby, Byron, from Tucson shared a beautiful Canada Day with us here in Saskatoon

Posted under Life in General, Miscellaneous, Travel

REFLECTION: What’s the seasonal cycle like in your workplace? What I’ve noted consistently over 23 years in my business, is that for my kind of speaking and training services, demand tends to be low through July and August. Yes, there are exceptions to the rule, but for the most part, I have come to anticipate that a large part of the summer will be free of what I refer to as ‘up-front-delivery’ work.

The summer downturn used to cause me considerable concern. In the earliest years, every July I worried and agonized that my business was in its final death throes. I pictured myself on a downhill slide – bankrupt by Christmas. It’s amazing the stories I could create to torment myself! Not that you ever write those kind of stories yourselves!

What I have also noted year after year is that, as surely as the engagements ebb through the summer, they flow again through the fall, winter and spring. I refer to the phenomenon as a Seasonal Adjustment. And, more recently, I have come to see it as something to be welcomed with enjoyment – not simply tolerated with annoy-ment. (I know, I know – that’s not really a word – but I like the sound of it anyway!) Read More…

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