Run Your Own Race

Ever Wonder Why Everyone Else Seems Farther Ahead? Summer is finally here, and so is sailing season.  While most of the time sailing is a stress reducing activity for me, Friday night racing tends to get my pulse rate up! Some of that stress and anxiety is good.  There is a benefit to working hard…

Decade of Gratitude Post #7: Perspective

Yesterday was spent with a TNT film crew feeling like a movie star. Today, I’m in torn jeans, a stained sweat shirt, and spending the day working in the boat yard. I love the perspective of my life! We all put on “work clothes” and play a role – whether it is mom, manager, valuable…

A View From the Top

I often close e-mails and letters with: “Wishing you low stress and great success.” Often the key to limiting stress and getting what you want is the people choose to help meet the goal. This summer I took a trip to the top of the mast of our Catalina 34 sailboat. It is a “tall…

Tag, You’re it!: 5 Things You May Not Know About Me

Do you remember tag?  Last week my friend, Kim Kotecki, sent me a “You’re It” e-mail inviting me to play a game of blog-tag.  The challenge: write post “5 Things You Might Not Know About Me” and then tag five friends who also blog.  So here goes: 1. My family calls me Lizzie.  Which used…