Life is Grand

I recently fulfilled a dream of mine and visited the Grand Canyon. What an amazing and beautiful place! I flew in by helicopter and had a wonderful brunch on the canyon floor.

Being in such a hot, remote place put life in perspective for me. Everything was extreme: The temperature, the scale, the location. It made me feel small – in a good way. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that life doesn’t revolve around us; that’s there’s a big world out there and each of us is a small part of it. My realization took a lot of pressure off and helped me enjoy life even more.

What’s Serving You?

There are times when I clean out the clutter in my house. I go through the closets and cupboards and donate, recylce, or throw away the things I don’t need or use.

Sometimes, I realize that this “spring cleaning” needs to extends beyond the physical clutter and into the rest of my life. I ask myself:

• Does this activity benefit me?
• Do the people I associate with help motivate me?
• Do my hobbies help or hinder me?
• Are the tasks I do on a daily basis contributing to my goals?

Ask yourself: Are there people, activites, or tasks in your life that don’t serve you? Are you holding yourself back by not taking inventory and doing a bit of spring cleaning? Life is short – make every moment count!

 

Portland Cottage

I took this photo in Portland a few years ago. I used a USB memory stick that had a photo capturing feature. No focusing, no settings, just a view finder and button. I like the spontaneous nature of the device, as well as the air of mystery – how will the shot turn out? The “camera” tends to give a soft focus to images and makes the cottage that much more romantic and dreamy.

I was walking down a street in the outskirts of the city and snapped the shot. It reminded me of an English coutryside home. And it provides a certain calmness that a home should offer.

Graduation

Wow! It’s been six months since graduation. I haven’t worked that hard on anything since I completed my university degree. I’ve been coaching since 2006, and moved ahead with formal training so I could gain accreditation. As part of my graduation requirements, I kept this blog, wrote a research paper on an aspect of coaching (I chose creativity), and coached five clients for 12 sessions each.

I learned so much in my ICA studies and I’ve been busy coaching and networking and growing my business ever since. I joined ICF and I’m part of the local coaching chapter. I started out keeping this blog as a graduation requirement but I would like to resurrect it and keep using it as a type of coaching journal.