End Of Year

In my public relations work, we’re often looking forward to the end of the year, when “things will finally slow down for a few weeks.” And yet inevitably some kind of new business opportunity drops on us, or a client has a crisis, and there’s some extra hustle going on…

Two free templates to get you started — In her essay On Keeping A Notebook, the late Joan Didion, who left this world at the age of 87 just before Christmas, asked herself why we write things down. What is the purpose of keeping a notebook, a record of the events of our lives? “Why did I write…

Before you can look ahead to the future, it’s good to take inventory of your past. An End-of-Year Life Audit is a great way to do this! An End-of-Year Life Audit can help you… …To help figure out what you want. …To assess how well you’re doing. …Review and add…

2021 Year-End Review — For some reason, I couldn’t bring myself to write this before the year ended. But who sets these rules? …

The Year That Was 2020.. Uh, 2021?.. When are we? — I now almost have a 2 year old. Get more grey in my beard every time I look in the mirror. Have been dealing with the most horrendous mental health issues that I can remember. …

I am writing this in the exact spot as I was last year. At the dining table of the Deluxe Kids HQ. It’s quieter now. There’s no trepidation of law school to unite us under one roof. Everybody is free now. …

I read some books this year. A few good ones, a few bad ones, a few I completely forgot about after I turned the last page. As the calendar flipped to January I realized I hadn’t updated my Medium page in nearly a year, so I thought it’d be a…

Volatility was, perhaps, the most consistent theme of 2021. The world experienced both repeated waves of lockdown and the fastest global vaccination rollout in history. The global economic narrative rapidly shifted from a potentially devastating recession and high unemployment to elevated inflation, supply chain shocks, and a tight labor market…