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Here’s another square design with a background photo (of mauve and lavender clouds, this time) and a pink square in the center. Large white quotation marks bracket the quote, which says, “Time management is not about managing TIME; it’s about managing PRIORITIES. – David Allen.” Below the pink square it says, “www.master-xuan.com. Courtesy of Master Xuan’s page of time management quotes.
Time, for Creatives

Time, for Creatives

Time, for creatives, is an eternal challenge. There are so many things to do – and all of them take time! No matter what our art, it takes time to make/perform/produce. By now everyone’s probably heard about the apocryphal “10,000 hours to mastery.”The way that’s normally understood may not be exactly what Malcolm Gladwell meant, but it’s close enough for truthiness. He also said “practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes…

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This design centers on a photo of a person on a gray couch with their back to us. They are all wrapped up in a throw blanket, wearing a maroon-colored hoodie. The quote says, “I hate to waste sick days actually being sick.” (unattributed). Photo courtesy of the Irish Independent.
Taking a Sick Day

Taking a Sick Day

By Jan S. Gephardt Americans give a hard side-eye to any talk of taking a sick day. The Pandemic has taught us a few chastening lessons recently, it’s true. Perhaps in today’s contagion-conscious workplaces, taking a sick day is less “suspect” than it has been in the past. But I’m dubious that will last. This is the country of rugged individuals, at least in our imaginations. We’re tough, we tell ourselves. We plead with the coach to “put me back…

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