This Week's Simple Tip Remember postcards?? I still LOVE getting them in the mail! I recently received this one from a friend which not only made me smile, but reminded me how special postcards were and why. Remembering back, people did not travel nearly as much as they do today, so postcards were a way to share what different places were like. But they also served as an intentional way to let the people you care most about know that you were thinking of them while on your a

This Week's Simple Tip I have a couple of house window screens that have been screaming "please replace me" for some time now. Knowing that they were not standard stocked sizes, I had put off going the 22 miles round trip to drop them off, and then pick up the replacements a week later. I decided that today was the day. When I got there, the guy at the counter asked me how I was doing and I replied "great, even if it is a Monday." He went on to say that "you sure don't soun

This Week's Simple Tip While I am saddened it is necessary, I am thrilled to see so many reminders out there lately to remind people to "Be Nice." The first reminder I heard while attending a memorial service for a friend. The speaker shared stories about how we could all learn from Joe, "who lived his life being nice to others, and truly was a professor of caring and kindness." The next reminder was driving through the metropolitan Atlanta area where I live. Just outside t

This Week's Simple Tip Ever find yourself in a quandary where your head is telling you one thing, and your heart is telling you something completely different? Think of the many techniques we have for making decisions. To name a few: 1) List of Pros and Cons, hoping one will clearly outweigh the other 2) Coin Toss, with "heads" option A,"tails" option B designation 3) Asking Everybody to provide advice and counsel about the options I want to share a technique that I use