Yay! A new month is always motivation for me to celebrate and June is absolutely a glorious month here in Colorado. The weather is perfect, the flowers are blooming, we are socializing again… Read More

Chatting with Mom. This month I've been blogging about Healthy Aging in honor of Older Americans Month, so I've been on the lookout for current media that includes relevant topics. … Read More

 My beautiful friend, CathyThe other day, I started a series on Beauty and Aging.  When I searched for, "Beauty," in my Google Photos library, quite a few photos came up, including… Read More

Michele and Me - Both Pretty and Smart in our 60'sToday I'm going to continue my "series" on Beauty and Aging.  Yesterday, I started the series, by searching for "Beauty" on my Google P… Read More

 Beautiful BB on her 70th BirthdayThis month I'm blogging about Healthy Aging in honor of Older Americans Month. As loyal readers know, I often use the Special Days  as prompt… Read More

Since this month is Older Americans Month, I've been blogging about Healthy Aging. (Side note: I just discovered that September is Healthy Aging month. Glad the calendar has these topics cov… Read More

In preparation for retiring, I read a lot of books and articles. I know people most prepare by making sure they have enough money. However, I wanted to make sure my brain would stay healthy… Read More

This month I've been blogging about Healthy Aging in honor of Older Americans Month. I know for many people, one of the best things about getting older is looking forward to retirement!For m… Read More

One cataract surgery down and very successful! I'm currently pretty blurry-eyed on the computer, so I'll keep my blog posts short and sweet.I'm going to continue with my May theme of Older A… Read More

Can you tell I like glasses? I have a whole bag of funky glasses for every occasion and holiday! However, none of those 'fun' glasses are prescription glasses. And THOSE are glasses I hopefu… Read More

 This month I've been writing about Health Aging in honor of Older Americans Month! As usual, once I start blogging about a theme, I end up finding a plethora of resources, often one le… Read More

Riding the merry-go-round with Mom on her 80th birthdayLast month, Ingrid Fetell Lee, author of Joyful, wrote a wonderful article: Forget Aging Gracefully. Here's how to Age Joyfully.The art… Read More

This month, in honor of Older Americans Month, I've been learning more about Healthy Aging.  The other day, I attended the AARP CO Virtual Healthy Living Conference and one of the… Read More

Megan and Stella, Matt, Chris and ScottyMy perfect kids, not a tiny bit naughtyI sing their praises to all who can hearThanks to these kids, I’m the Mom of the year. They’re… Read More

This month, in celebration of Older Americans Month, I've been blogging about Healthy Aging topics. One of the best sources of information about Healthy Aging is AARP! This morning AARP CO s… Read More

Yesterday, I let you know that I was excited about the opportunity to view a showing of Duty Free. The movie was awesome! The film was presented by CIRKEL, an organization that connects peop… Read More

This morning's blog post in honor of Older Americans Month is to let you know about this opportunity to check out the movie, "Duty Free" for free!  But hurry and sign up. It's today!The… Read More

This month I'm blogging about Healthy Aging in honor of Older Americans Month. I have a whole list of topics and cool sites I wanted to blog about and one of those topics is "Prehabilitation… Read More

This month I'm dedicating my blog posts to Healthy Aging in celebration of Older Americans Month! I just discovered that May was Older Americans Month yesterday and it made me wonder if I wo… Read More

As I mentioned on yesterday's blog post there are a LOT of "Special Holidays" including "holidays" that last the whole month.  I had planned to continue my daily blogging habit and make… Read More

I know we're all suffering a bit of Zoom-fatigue these days, but one tradition I'd like to continue is my end-of-month virtual parties.These have morphed into a shortish girl-friend get toge… Read More

First of all: Happy New Month's Eve! Today's post was going to be about celebration and one of the things I wanted to celebrate was that I blogged every day this month! But..  I'll save… Read More

Since doing these daily blog posts, I have the opposite of writer's block. I have writer's overflow! (By the way, I made up the phrase "writer's overflow." It's not really a "thing" yet.). I… Read More

In my never-ending attempt to declutter, I often find memorabilia.  Throughout my life, I've saved cards and letters (they don't take up too much room after all).  However, even ca… Read More

There's a lot of Work in today's Blog Post Title.  What does "work" mean anyway? Well, I sort of think of it as tasks I don't really want to do.I've been blogging daily as a way to "pre… Read More

The other day, my post was about finding your "genius," and letting it "flow" through you.  I gave the example of my friend, Cathy, and the poem she wrote to go along with one of her pa… Read More

Since I left my full-time job at the end of 2018, I've been kind of running an experiment: Creating a life for myself that maximizes happiness and minimizes stress.  I'd already be… Read More

A coaching colleague of mine uses the word, "genius" to describe skills that we seem particularly talented in- skills that we seemed to have a natural gift for.  Unlike the "growth oppo… Read More

"Don't worry," said my optometrist when he diagnosed me with cataracts a few years ago. "It's a normal part of aging."Now, a few years later, those cataracts have progressed much quicker tha… Read More

As I've mentioned before, one of the biggest messages that the Agile mindset teaches us, is that we must embrace change.  We do this by becoming more flexible or adaptable to the changi… Read More

Yesterday I attended an Action for Happiness event featuring Gretchen Rubin. She co-hosts with her sister, Elizabeth Craft, a very popular podcast, Happier, that I've been listening to for y… Read More

In my upcoming 4-week Workshop we're going to talk in the first week about the importance of Relationships.  As I mentioned in this post, relationships are the key to success.Even thoug… Read More

Sea Lion SlumberOne of the fun parts of doing these daily blog posts is picking out the photo using Google Photos.  I think it's such a cool feature that I can type a word in the Search… Read More

What does it mean to you to be "intentional"?  To me, it means: Having a plan and staying focused on executing that plan.  But can our plan also include unscheduled time? Absolutel… Read More

A few months ago, I was talking to my wise friend, Becky, about talents and skills.  I don't remember exactly how the conversation went, but I think I was saying something like, "I'm re… Read More

 I guess Mark Twain was quoted as saying something like, "If you don't like the weather now, just wait a few minutes."Since I'm writing a daily blogpost this month about the Agile minds… Read More

Learning how to meditate was one of the goals I accomplished during my 60-until-60 project.  At that time, I learned that there are a lot of different types/styles of meditation. The ty… Read More

As I prepare for the 4-Week Workshop I'm hosting,  I continue to find wonderful resources! Really, every topic I'll be covering has a slew of books, courses, networks, etc. so trying to… Read More

As I mentioned in yesterday's blog post, focus is one of the many attributes that we try and promote in an agile culture.  But what does that mean? Basically, it's the opposite of multi… Read More

 I ended yesterday's blog post about Continuous Learning with a recommendation to subscribe to Stellar Recap which includes an opportunity to explore the "One Thing Project."The One Thi… Read More

Continuous Learning is another aspect of an Agile culture.  I guess one of the reasons I’m so ga-ga about Agile is because I LOVE learning.  (It's my top trait in the VIA Cha… Read More

Every morning, as I scan through my new emails and social media, I find at least one gold nugget that I want to share.  Since my Agile/Happiness workshop is on my mind, I'm specifically… Read More

 I was going to blog about "Relationships" today in keeping with my Agile theme.  Agile really stresses the importance of Relationships with the first rule of the Manifesto: "Indiv… Read More

I did it! Well...  at least I committed to doing it.What is it? The 4-Week Workshop I've been talking about for the past two blog posts.  I'll probably be talking about it for the… Read More

I got some great feedback from yesterday's post about a 4-week set of seminars that I want to host and facilitate.I think the first thing I really need to improve is to answer this question:… Read More

In the 2+ years since I left my full-time Agile coaching role, I've wanted to host a class about using Agile techniques to lead a happier life.  I've done a few free classes, Webinars… Read More

I'm always so excited when the winter is over and the warm weather activities, like Farmers Markets, are available again.  This year is even more exciting because we've had a year of re… Read More

A lot of Easter traditions have changed over the years. The last two years have been different in many  ways due to Covid. Pigging out on chocolate on Easter morning is something I… Read More

Hello there, pretty daffodils. I know, you're probably not too pleased that I removed you from my garden on this most gorgeous sunny day.  However, April is a very unpredictable month f… Read More

If you read this blog, you've probably discovered that I'm quite interested in Happiness! It turns out there are many wonderful resources, Websites, and communities dedicated to Happiness. I… Read More

 I'm very happy and grateful to have gotten the second Pfizer vaccine this afternoon. So far, I feel fine!  We'll see how I feel tomorrow but it's been 7 hours and I don't even hav… Read More

Photo courtesy  of UnsplashToday's post is courtesy of CouchBasedBiz.com.Managing stress and anxiety is challenging, no matter what’s happening in the world. But pair those f… Read More

This was a tough week for me to continue my regular "happy" routine. The Atlanta and Boulder shootings were so senseless and such tragedies.  I can't even imagine the grief the families… Read More

Like the rest of the world, my travel plans for the past year have not turned out as originally planned. However, I had a huge stroke of great travel luck this week! Minnesota BFF Lisa… Read More

 This year, I'm letting many of my goals and celebrations evolve organically.  One such celebration  occurred today on Douglas Adam's birthday: The Douglas Adam's Memorial Lec… Read More

Big Wall Decor: Carpe DiemThis blog post might seem a little odd.  After 15 years of blogging, I found out I've earned $99.06 from AdSense, but they don't pay out until I make $100.&nbs… Read More

This morning when I asked Alexa, "Alexa, what special day is it?" she answered that there were 54 informal holidays! FIFTY-FOUR!!  It was even too much for Alexa. (She only talked about… Read More

I've been really promoting Carpe Diem Day throughout February. I admit, I've had ups and downs in my mood throughout the month.  I've had a lot of mixed feelings about throwing another… Read More

I’m usually very Polyanna-ish on my blog. I’m a big advocate for positivity, so I try and practice what I preach and not whine about little pet peeves.  On the other hand, I… Read More

Lee as Annie Hall!As you, loyal readers, know by now, I'm a bit of a theme-driven celebration maniac! I've been promoting "Carpe Diem Day" quite heavily, with contests, blog posts, podcasts… Read More

One of my highlights this week was hosting a February 10th National Umbrella Day competition!I picked celebrating Umbrella Day because I wanted an excuse to buy this flamingo umbrella!When M… Read More

 Making Valentines -  Iris Paper Folding Virtual ClassI love discovering cool things that I never knew existed and one of those things I discovered this week was Iris Paper Folding… Read More

Want to know the secret to falling in love? Read The Laptop Dancer Diaries: http://www.thelaptopdancerdiaries.com Read More

Four weeks into the New Year and I have kept up all of my healthy habits, including a daily walk, whatever the weather.  If it weren't for Covid, I'd be in Florida now...  I'd real… Read More

Today's post is courtesy of Cherie McLaughlin of couchbasedbiz.comLooking for work can be an incredibly frustrating process, especially during these uncertain times. The competition can be t… Read More

For the past year, I've been experimenting with social media and how I might promote Carpe Diem Day. One idea I had was to create an eBook and maybe a newsletter.One nice thing about not hav… Read More

 I'm still riding a New Year's high, but this week I'm especially happy because we have a new President who has a message of unity. What a welcome change after four years of Trump. … Read More

Mom and me on ZoomI'm still going strong with my New Year's mojo! I've kept up with all of my New Year's resolutions and goals! One of said goals is to blog at least once a week about someth… Read More

I don't know about you, but I am ALWAYS motivated in the new year to...  well.. do everything! I want to eat better, exercise more, get more organized, write more, read more, hike more… Read More

Flamingos have been my personal mascot for many years now. When Sarasota Jungle Gardens offered the opportunity to Adopt a Flamingo last April, I was so excited! Because of Covid, the p… Read More

This girl's dance on Halloween is pure Joy!In Season 2 of my podcast, Carpe Diem Connections, I'm going to be doing a deep dive into finding joy.  I've become enamored with Ingrid Fetel… Read More

SummaryI'm loving participating in the Joy Makeover and I bet you would, too! In Season 2 of Carpe Diem Connections we'll be doing our own deep dive into finding Joy, starting with… Read More

As everyone keeps saying, these are crazy times! Like the rest of the world, my emotions have been all over the map. Besides all of the stressful things going on in America, we had the worst… Read More

A couple of months ago, I took care of my grandchildren while their parents celebrated their Anniversary. Reneya, my 8-year-old granddaughter and I share a favorite tradition: Going to Dolla… Read More

Last night I was inspired, and, for once, almost excited, about getting older, by the movie Lives Well Lived, put on by AARP's Movie for Grownups series.Watching the stories of these elders… Read More

This is not my typical blog post. I normally don’t talk about my love life anymore. Granted, that’s because I don’t have much of a love life. But sometimes, life throws you… Read More

About 3 months ago, I headed out from my home in Colorado to continue my "Snowbird Experiments" which included spending March and April in Sarasota, Florida.  Admittedly, this was an es… Read More

I love games and perhaps one of my favorite types of party games is the good old-fashioned scavenger hunt.  I discovered GISH in 2016 and played it first with a group of new friends I'd… Read More

I've heard a lot of people ask: "Do you see any good coming from the changes that are happening due to the Corona virus."  I've actually seen a lot of good including an increased intere… Read More

One of the non-profits that I've been working a lot with during this Corona-virus lockdown has been Seniors with Skills.  It's especially heart-warming to see students reaching out to h… Read More

As a tech-geek, I have been quite enamored with this age of social media and collaborative team tools.  My mother, on the other hand, and many others in her generation have not been so… Read More

As the new recipient of National Carpe Diem Day, I feel it's my responsibility to properly "seize" and celebrate every day, and that includes today, which is, among other things: Nation… Read More

Here's a message for the TechGiants out there: Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon:As a tech-geek, I have loved your products! But the generation older than me...the ones who are suff… Read More

Had fun hosting my first Virtual Dance Party via Zoom!What worked well:Hats and coordinated attire (black and white)Girls only / informal / sillyGood music!Fun to drink some wine and relax w… Read More

I know that grocery-store shopping is something we're "allowed" to do, but based on my last experience, I wouldn't exactly call it "safe."I've been monitoring Walmart's online shopping app a… Read More

Since everyone started freaking out about the Corona virus, I've been somewhat manic about wanting to help. I've helped people throughout my career collaborate using online technologies. I a… Read More

The other day, I hosted a "Virtual Happy Hour" and had participation from friends from the UK, Australia, and Colorado. One thing I find amazing and surreal is that this is a crisis that the… Read More

I decided to start a new blog/vlog project: Tell Me Something Good!  There's a lot of not-so-good...  ok..  there's a lot of really bad stuff happening in the world now and so… Read More

A lot of small business owners are worried about sitting idle and want to be working. However, in times like these, how about pivoting and temporarily fulfilling a much-needed service: safe… Read More

Yes, we're doing the social distancing thing, but that doesn't mean we can't keep socializing! Zoom is a wonderful free tool that allows multiple people to join together and see each other a… Read More

About a year ago, I retired from my Agile consultant role because I was nearing the age of 60 and I wanted to travel while I was still healthy.  However, throughout most of my career I… Read More

Today was my daughter-in-law's birthday and we were able to have a virtual birthday party over zoom!  I know it's not the same as being together in person, but even if we weren't in the… Read More

OK, people, I know we're all disappointed about all the Pi Day Parades and Pi Parties that have been cancelled due to the Corona Virus, but don't despair! There is plenty of Pi fun you can h… Read More

This week we did the "spring forward" Daylight Savings thing and while others grumble at a lost hour of sleep, I love getting that extra hour of light in the afternoons and evenings and the… Read More

Yes, National Carpe Diem Day is a reality, thanks to my family and friends! What a surprise! Creating a National Day was going to be my next "big project" and now it's already done, and in s… Read More

This final week of my 60 until 60 project has been a big one, spent entirely with Scotty, my youngest kid.  We've been road-tripping from Colorado to Florida's gulf coast, with a stop i… Read More

OK, people, we are coming in for a big finish to my 60-week birthday party. Last week I made my playlist and this week, I've been working overtime trying to get all my slideshows finished. A… Read More

My 60-song playlist is just about ready to take on the road! This has been a goal I've been working on throughout my 60-until-60 project :Put together a playlist of at least 60 songs by… Read More

My sister gave me a set of Carpe Diem Pop-Up Cards!We are on the final countdown of my 60-until-60 project and that means I have to get serious about figuring out how to accomplish one of th… Read More

On January 9th, the world lost a great man.. my Uncle Bill. He was 96 and had an amazing life.My uncle had the kind of life, and death, that we all would want. He was kind and funny and was… Read More