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I often remind my fledgling nurses that there are two kinds of nurses: those that everyone wants to work with and those that nobody wants to work with. While I focus here on nurses, the same ideas could  be applied in virtually any work

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I was reading Leo Babauta’s article Finding the Natural Rhythms and Flows of Working and was reminded of one of the stresses of my own life. Although I work in education (presumably an information industry), the organization I work for has some very industrial ideas about work. You must be in your office from 8AM to 5PM daily, regardless of whether you have classes or not. (more…)

About three years ago I ran across an interesting book by Joe Dominguez, “ Your Money or Your Life”. Fittingly, I found this book in a used book store. I read through the book fairly quickly and was truly impressed with Joe’s message. (more…)

A couple of days ago I wrote a post exploring how the frenetic pace technology seems to cause has driven a need in many to find a simpler life. But, if you read the books and websites and other articles about the simple life, it seems that everyone has a slightly different take on what, exactly, that means. (more…)

The promise of technology has always been that it would simplify our lives. Tasks would be easier and faster to complete, we would be more organized, time would be saved.

But as I look at the world around me and observe people it strikes me that in many ways just the opposite is happening. The technology makes it possible for us to do more, to be sure. But it also means that more is expected of us. (more…)