een man in Roeselare

My good friend and I had such worthy intentions this holiday season. The plan was to work at the homeless shelter where we aspired to make a difference. Not just by collecting items for the shelter, but by sharing our time. It was a great plan. Too bad it failed. With my travel schedule uncooperative for most of the month, I watched with sadness as my friend made that rewarding journey alone. As for me, I was crabby crappy that work interfered with my goal of giving this season. Or did it...Read Full Story

Are you enough as you are? Why I scheduled a lunch meeting the day after Thanksgiving was beyond me. Who wants to be out with all those crazed people shopping – whether they need to or not — just because it was Black Friday. My meeting completed, I was walking back to my car when I noticed the XYZ Shoe Warehouse right across the parking lot. Oh why not? I didn’t really need any new shoes, but I’ll just browse. When I walked into the house a couple hours later with 3 boxes, it was my daughter...Read Full Story

Are things ever what they seem? I looked at my calendar. I’m not supposed to be traveling this month. Focusing on my crazy schedule and realizing I would be back and forth across the country no less than 5 times in a few short weeks, my breathing quickened and panic started to set in. From my perspective, it was too much travel, too much work, not enough sleep and too many obligations. My life seemed to be swirling out of control. I felt like I was getting sucked into a vortex. How did things...Read Full Story

Feeling a little paranoid? The rumors (ran|were running}[ rampant that Roger was going to be promoted, which meant I was going to have to work for him. Crap! Didn't he hate me? I was sure of it. I knew nobody appreciated me, otherwise they wouldn’t make me suffer! In the time leading up to the formal announcement, I was running around like a turkey with my head cut off, telling everyone who would listen I was going to be axed if he got the job. Distracted and paranoid, I believed everyone...Read Full Story

Is today the tomorrow you were gonna get it done? I got the assignment on Friday, but it wasn’t due until the following Thursday so it went into the “To Do Tomorrow” pile. My brilliant plan included completing the task the following Thursday morning, when I knew I would have extra time. My schedule was maxed-out mayhem when Thursday finally arrived and it was time for me to move the assignment to the “Completed” pile. I reached for my laptop, but it was dead. Where’s my power cord? Gone! Crap...Read Full Story