We created ltdLIVE to help turn most of your can’ts into cans…the biggest can’t though is up to you. Can you make the space in your week to put off your to do list or rearrange your schedule for one or two days in order to start living your dream?
2012, here I come!
There is something so powerful about a calendar reset. Leaving the past behind and embracing the future does wonders for the soul. Even if you’re not a list making resolution junkie, take a minute to dream of what can be–you’ve got 365 days to try.
May this be the year your dreams are made of!
Happy New Year!
Celebrate the season
This year I am hosting my sibs and their families (14 in all), each flying in from a state further away than the other. For a week my home will be teaming with merriment and picked-over food, wrapping paper remnants in every corner, and battery-operated remote aircrafts purchased by enthusiastic fathers and uncles, (BTW, within 24 hours of opening, each flying plastic toy is in need of a proper burial). Our time together is chaotic, messy and loud–and I wouldn’t change a thing!
This season also brings the official countdown to our big conference, ltdLIVE. With just over a month left to orchestrate the two-day event, all things ltdLIVE are a buzz and ramping up. So needless to say slowing down and logging family-time is a little tricky, but it’s a must. To ease the daily decision making (and guilt) of work vs. family, I simply made a commitment to not work for a few days and then work smarter and spread the load after the holiday was thoroughly enjoyed. In the end, it will inform me of what I must do and what I can pass off to those smarter than me anyway.
So the moral; keep it simple, real and pay attention to what’s most important to you. That is after all what living the dream is all about.
However you celebrate, and whatever you celebrate, we wish you a very merry, happy and blessed season.
Since for me that is Christmas I just can’t resist…Merry Christmas!
xo-Nada
p.s. Sorry it’s a little late, I took my own advice.
image from designspirationsk.com
Happy Thanksgiving
Like the above? Check out Crystal Wilkerson’s 30 Days of Gratitude Challenge. Develop a habit of living in gratitude with these daily quotes and activities to keep you focus and above all grateful or, in honor of the holiday, THANKFUL!
One of those days
Arrrrgh, I cringe when I hear a response such as this. It’s like some bad date where you thought things were going really well only to hear–”it’s not you, it’s me.”
Yesterday was riddled with meetings where I had to endure those heartbreaking words. The result? Me moping around my office feeling a little deflated. Now for all you pessimists, hang tight this is going to sound a bit too pollyannaish (yes it’s a word) for you to stomach–but frankly, you need to get over yourself and listen for a minute! But I digress. Until, I realized that the reality is, the “no” is forcing me to focus on who the “yes” people are. Those who need me are those I really need and ultimately want. They are my people. They are my tribe, which is both those we serve and those who serve us.
image from cubiclerefugee
positive-ly true
So sorry I have been a blogging slacker, it’s because I am not being an ltd365LIVE slacker–we are working hard to gear up for a 2 plus day 2012 event–stay tuned. And keep coming back–I’ll promise to keep posting resources and must haves and the occasional bits of humor, advice and perspective.
In the meantime I leave you with the above…
Happy Weekend!
image found on Pinterest from Design Walls
A little perspective
Sometimes I’m hard on myself for not being a very good tree climber, and then I am reminded…I’m a fish!
Hope that brings some hope and perspective your way.
Happy weekend!
image from Etsy
You gotta love it
Love this print! It hangs on my office wall as a reminder, thought I would remind you too!
Happy weekend!
Thank you Mr. Jobs
I am on a mini vacation with friends in Maine for a few days and last night, while we were all drinking great wine, cooking and laughing together, my husband came into the kitchen and announced that “Steve Jobs had just died.” After a few gasps, we sat with the news for a moment before we each commented on the magnitude of his genius and now his legacy. We then took turns sharing our thoughts about our own legacy, or the one we hope for anyway. It is always odd to me to feel so heavy hearted for someone I have never met but I realized the loss was for what he embodied–a life well lived.
His incredible contributions to technology seem to all be gifts of passion. His visual savvy points to the artist he truly was. His ability to see what didn’t exist and bring it to be, the heart of an entrepreneur, a visionary, a dreamer.
The internet is now flooded with quotes from Mr. Jobs and here are two that struck me.
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.” ~ Steve Jobs
“If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later. Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” ~ Steve Jobs
And, if you haven’t seen this by now, I highly recommend watching Jobs’s Stanford University commencement speech.
Thank you Mr. Jobs for sharing your art, your heart and your dream. May you rest in peace.
image from Tom Davenport, via BrainPickings
