Behind the scenes
Don’t be fooled by the calendar
“Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year, while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.” ~ Charles Richard
Another week is nearing an end, and I haven’t gotten nearly as many things done as I hoped. The lists keep multiplying and growing longer. In fact, I haven’t even finished the task of adding all my new items to the to-do lists!
That’s a sorry state of affairs that reflects the problem with my GTD system.
Moving forward in today’s economy
Today’s quote:
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
This seems particularly appropriate today. Like so many people in America (and the world) right now, I’ve been grappling with how to go forward given our deteriorating economic situation. The plans we had just a few months ago were based on a different outlook than we have today. As the news gets worse, we keep wondering what’s next? How can we deal with this? What strategy will get us through this the best?
Brains in your head, Feet in your shoes
Inspirational quote:
You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
~ Dr. Seuss
Ah, the wisdom of Dr. Seuss! 
Whenever I start sinking into “victim mode”
Grandpa and the ghost town
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The New Mexico connection:
Dawson, NM was a booming coal mining town in the early 1900s. The population was as high as 9,000 people, and there were schools, churches, a hospital, hotel, even an opera. After a couple of tragic mine explosions, the town was abandoned. Today there’s… Full article…
Glad I have a time machine!
Last week, my beloved MacBook died. 
In the middle of watching a video, it seized up and gave me the spinning beach ball. (The one that looks so incongruously cheery, for something you’re never happy to see!) It then refused to restart, showing only the white screen of death, with a mysterious flashing folder…
I wanna hang a map of the world
Monday travel quote:
I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations that I’ve traveled to. But first, I’m gonna have to…
Gnarly networks and website woes
I apologize to anyone who has had difficulty accessing our website over the past 2 days. I couldn’t get to it myself either, and trying to get to the bottom of the problem was like nailing jello to a wall.
Internet webApparently, the problem wasn’t with our website hosting site, or with the connections here. They reported that it was some sort of network issue that was affecting a segment of people…
Ahhh… back to the red rocks
I met our group of adventurous wenches this morning in Phoenix, then we headed up to Cottonwood, where we picnicked beside a lagoon, with big shady trees. It felt like an oasis in the desert!
Next stop was Tuzigoot, the ruins of a town built by the Sinaguans about 1,000 years ago, and mysteriously abandoned 400 years later. Who were these people? And why did they all leave this “oasis” spot…
I’m going through a metamorphosis
Tonight I’m going through “the change”. Again.
No, not THAT change! I’m just changing back into my alter ego, “tour leader”. Though I run a travel company, most of my time is not spent personally leading trips. Most of the time, I’m working on product development, marketing and promotion, processes, finances, systems, etc. — everything that’s involved with running Adventurous Wench. But a few times a year, I get to go out and lead a tour myself!
It’s three o’clock… and what have you done?
I set my Mac to announce the time every hour on the hour, and it reminds me of the old town crier (except a lot quieter)!
Actually, that mechanical voice can be a real kick in the pants. It always makes me feel like there’s more he’d like to say…
* “It’s eleven o’clock”… (and you’re still fiddling around with e-mails. Enough already — do something important!)…
