My last post was around my goals for the New Year and how even though I had 100% failure rate with last year’s personal goals, I was trying again. I thought an update was in order mostly because if I get off track, it is usually pretty quickly. Here is what I am finding – …
I am a goal setter. I realize lots of people aren’t and some have pretty strong feelings against New Year’s goals saying they don’t work. And while I cannot disagree, still I set goals. I set a half-dozen personal goals last year and I completed 0% of them. I even took an online course about goal …
God likes to speak to me as I pull into the driveway. A couple of weeks ago God said (very matter-of-factly), “Nicole, go back to hosting a dinner church.” This was not the first time God has spoken to me about ministry, about church and about what I needed to do (and, don’t worry, it’s not …
My Mom is Mrs. Clause. She knew how Christmas should be done and she did it to the nines. This included (but was not limited to) decorations, gifts, food, lights. I loved it and when I married I tried to do the same. At first, I had it covered, but add in my work as …
Over the years I have tried all kinds of life & work organizational systems. I started with a Franklin Covey planner. I loved that paper planner. I had the big one and I used it for everything in my life but, it was especially key for leading a local church. Sermon ideas, meeting agendas, dreams …
11/24/15 7:30 PM Up at 5:30 AM and found we were almost in Kansas City – I opened my room’s drape to see the glowing red sign proclaiming, “Jack Stack BBQ.” I knew exactly where I was! The conductor let us have a “fresh air break” at the trainstation and I paced back and forth by …
11/25/15, 6:45 PM It is a good thing my iphone always knows where I am because on a train, you’d have no idea- Yesterday we moved on to a new train and this had a smoother ride for sleeping and I was out till 7AM. My iphone told me I was in Ohio – Found the coffee, …
November 23, 4:43 PM Someone told me that you sleep really well on a train. That is not proving true for me. Sure, it might be the tiny bed but really, I think it is the constant shaking of the train. I’d fall asleep and 20 minutes later I’d wake up thinking it was an …
November 22, 2015, 5:55PM I am not totally sure why I am here. It started when I heard about a week-long residency Amtrak offered to writers. The idea caught my imagination and before I knew it, I had applied. I didn’t get it. But, not one to let that throw me, I started thinking about …
Fall – don’t you love it? Well fall is here and it is time to put together a fall pod (simple dressing). Pod dressing is 38 (or so) pieces of clothing and pairs of shoes to wear 3-4 months. My summer pod was 4 months but this pod will be September through November. Creating my …