Plans change.
People disappoint.
Traditions expire.
Release your expectations of the holidays and be open to surprise.
(Author: Coach Cheryl Richardson)
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Why You Will Never Catch Me Signing Up for Facebook
Few things interest me less than the social media trends of things like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.
I have a hard enough time keeping up with what's going on in my own life and work; I have no capacity to deal with being simultaneously inundated with the minutiae (be it happy, sad, important or trivial) of what is going on in a multitude of other peoples' lives; especially via impersonal broadcast methods. I just don't see the point (apart from the use of such social media technology to help protestors organize in countries with oppressive regimes where it is hard to freely mass-communicate - that seems like the only good use of these tools).
But it's the (hopefully unintended?) consequences of posts that make Facebook questionable in my mind. Similar to how e-mails can be misinterpreted, people can read a lot into the meaning behind the frequency, focus, and content of posts and pictures. All too often, posts and comments can serve to put emotional distance between people, rather than bring them together. Facebook should come with a warning "Use With Care." But it doesn't. And people don't.
Todo bien.
I have a hard enough time keeping up with what's going on in my own life and work; I have no capacity to deal with being simultaneously inundated with the minutiae (be it happy, sad, important or trivial) of what is going on in a multitude of other peoples' lives; especially via impersonal broadcast methods. I just don't see the point (apart from the use of such social media technology to help protestors organize in countries with oppressive regimes where it is hard to freely mass-communicate - that seems like the only good use of these tools).
But it's the (hopefully unintended?) consequences of posts that make Facebook questionable in my mind. Similar to how e-mails can be misinterpreted, people can read a lot into the meaning behind the frequency, focus, and content of posts and pictures. All too often, posts and comments can serve to put emotional distance between people, rather than bring them together. Facebook should come with a warning "Use With Care." But it doesn't. And people don't.
Todo bien.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
A Glorious Winter
We just spent our fifth winter in Mexico; it just keeps getting better and better. We're so glad to have our little place in the sun. I have now celebrated five birthdays in a row down here!
We had quite a few visitors over the past four months, and got to share some fun things together, including ringing in 2013; celebrating a milestone birthday on board a sailboat...
...and an amazing day of fun resulting from my winning the grand prize draw at a fundraiser for the local orphanage! I won a day out on a 26 ft. SeaRay Sundeck luxury power boat that six of us enjoyed together in early March.
A full day of fun on Banderas Bay ensued, including swimming at secluded bays and lunch ashore at the tiny town of Yelapa.
But, it wasn't all just fun-in-the-sun this winter. I got an amazing opportunity for some advanced coach training that was being held in Washington DC...so we went! Ordinarily I would go off on training by myself but, when John researched DC and saw what an amazing place it is for tourists, he signed on to come along.
We had a fabulous week there - the training I attended was superlative and has taken me to the next level in coaching. We did a "Monuments by Moonlight" evening tour together that was fantastic; Washington is a beautiful and inspiring city. But spring was very late arriving there this year, so we had a taste of winter temperatures...brrrrrrrr! Our good pal S.R. was right when she predicted "Those suntans won't keep you warm in DC!"
I carried a phone coaching client roster again this winter and that worked out well; I enjoy being able to work from here, and think my clients get a bit of a kick out of their coach being in Mexico. Every call starts with an enquiry into my weather; I do my best not to rub it in!
So as we pack and prepare to leave paradise for this season...
...I am greatly consoled by the fact we are already booked to come back in December 2013...and do it all over again! Todo bien (it's all good).
Hasta luego, amigos!
We had quite a few visitors over the past four months, and got to share some fun things together, including ringing in 2013; celebrating a milestone birthday on board a sailboat...
...and an amazing day of fun resulting from my winning the grand prize draw at a fundraiser for the local orphanage! I won a day out on a 26 ft. SeaRay Sundeck luxury power boat that six of us enjoyed together in early March.
A full day of fun on Banderas Bay ensued, including swimming at secluded bays and lunch ashore at the tiny town of Yelapa.
But, it wasn't all just fun-in-the-sun this winter. I got an amazing opportunity for some advanced coach training that was being held in Washington DC...so we went! Ordinarily I would go off on training by myself but, when John researched DC and saw what an amazing place it is for tourists, he signed on to come along.
We had a fabulous week there - the training I attended was superlative and has taken me to the next level in coaching. We did a "Monuments by Moonlight" evening tour together that was fantastic; Washington is a beautiful and inspiring city. But spring was very late arriving there this year, so we had a taste of winter temperatures...brrrrrrrr! Our good pal S.R. was right when she predicted "Those suntans won't keep you warm in DC!"
I carried a phone coaching client roster again this winter and that worked out well; I enjoy being able to work from here, and think my clients get a bit of a kick out of their coach being in Mexico. Every call starts with an enquiry into my weather; I do my best not to rub it in!
So as we pack and prepare to leave paradise for this season...
...I am greatly consoled by the fact we are already booked to come back in December 2013...and do it all over again! Todo bien (it's all good).
Hasta luego, amigos!
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Lucky 13
One last thing to share for closing off 2012...
I've wondered a bit about 2013 - how lucky can the year be that has "13" in it, which means all of us will be thinking, saying and referencing "13" far more than we would at any other time of our lives. Not many people remain who would have been alive in 1913, and almost no one who will be alive in 3013 has been born yet.
Well, something happened to me on New Year's Eve that has me believing 2013 is going to be a great year. No "triskaidekaphobia" (fear of the number 13) for me.
We dined and rang in the New Year with friends at a beautiful beachfront restaurant on the Bay of Banderas. Around 9:00 pm, when our antipasto course was about to be served, we noticed a large, brilliant-green grasshopper crawling in our direction along the restaurant deck railing. It struck me as unusual to see such an insect at that time of night, and I dug in my bag for my camera. As I was pulling the camera out of its case, the grasshopper leaped from the railing and landed on the table right in front of me, so I was able to get a good shot. (I would insert the photographic proof here, but Blogspot appears to have changed the process for uploading a photo and I cannot figure out how to access/upload my picture).
The grasshopper sat in front of me for quite a while, and my husband commented "That has got to be a lucky sign!" I looked up the symbolism of the green grasshopper a few days later and was very pleased to find out it is a highly signifcant symbol in many cultures. It signifies good luck, as well as happiness, health, longevity, wealth, abundance and virtue, among many other positive attributes I would be only too happy to have show up in 2013! In addition to being seen as a status symbol and sign of nobility, it is also considered to be a harbinger of good news on a large scale - apparently I can expect to receive "profoundly joyful news that will benefit the entire community"!
A green grasshopper signifies fresh starts and new beginnings, growth and adventure. I can't think of a better time for this critter to show up in my life than on New Year's Eve. I have already taken its message to heart.
Todo bien.
I've wondered a bit about 2013 - how lucky can the year be that has "13" in it, which means all of us will be thinking, saying and referencing "13" far more than we would at any other time of our lives. Not many people remain who would have been alive in 1913, and almost no one who will be alive in 3013 has been born yet.
Well, something happened to me on New Year's Eve that has me believing 2013 is going to be a great year. No "triskaidekaphobia" (fear of the number 13) for me.
We dined and rang in the New Year with friends at a beautiful beachfront restaurant on the Bay of Banderas. Around 9:00 pm, when our antipasto course was about to be served, we noticed a large, brilliant-green grasshopper crawling in our direction along the restaurant deck railing. It struck me as unusual to see such an insect at that time of night, and I dug in my bag for my camera. As I was pulling the camera out of its case, the grasshopper leaped from the railing and landed on the table right in front of me, so I was able to get a good shot. (I would insert the photographic proof here, but Blogspot appears to have changed the process for uploading a photo and I cannot figure out how to access/upload my picture).
The grasshopper sat in front of me for quite a while, and my husband commented "That has got to be a lucky sign!" I looked up the symbolism of the green grasshopper a few days later and was very pleased to find out it is a highly signifcant symbol in many cultures. It signifies good luck, as well as happiness, health, longevity, wealth, abundance and virtue, among many other positive attributes I would be only too happy to have show up in 2013! In addition to being seen as a status symbol and sign of nobility, it is also considered to be a harbinger of good news on a large scale - apparently I can expect to receive "profoundly joyful news that will benefit the entire community"!
A green grasshopper signifies fresh starts and new beginnings, growth and adventure. I can't think of a better time for this critter to show up in my life than on New Year's Eve. I have already taken its message to heart.
Todo bien.
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