http://www.bouncebackcafe.com Dedicated to finding useful, resilient solutions to life's adversities. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:03:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/the-enemy-of-happiness-2461 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/the-enemy-of-happiness-2461#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:01:20 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2461 Lately, I’ve been struggling with the idea of scarcity. It seems as if there’s never enough: * Time * Energy * Relaxation * Understanding * Privacy * Fitness * Chocolate * Love * Money * Exercise * Peace of mind * Health * Friendship * Organization Seldom do we think in terms of having too much of anything. The result is that the unformed thought in our heads is ...Continue reading » The Enemy of Happiness]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/the-enemy-of-happiness-2461/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/continuous-improvement-2365 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/continuous-improvement-2365#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:01:15 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=2365 There aren’t enough hours in the day. Ever since I started my new job, I’ve felt that I’m not ready for whatever I’m scheduled to do right now. The problem is that while I’ve been used to working in the evening, I seldom was looking at a deadline that couldn’t be extended into the next morning. For example, if I was working on a post, I could just leave it over night and take another look at it in the morning. Now, that’s pretty much impossible. If I don’t get it done tonight, the best I can hope for is that I can find a few quiet minutes at lunch which will let me work on it. If that doesn’t work, I can’t really get back to it until ...Continue reading » Continuous Improvement?]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2011/gen/continuous-improvement-2365/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/productive-procrastination-1291 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/productive-procrastination-1291#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:01:14 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=1291 In her posts, Ellie has been beating up on the devil of procrastination.  As I’ve been reading what she’s been writing, I’ve been wrestling with the idea of procrastination myself.  I’m not so sure procrastination is such a bad guy.  Let me tell you why. First of all, let’s be clear.  When we call a behavior “procrastination” we’ve already judged the behavior as less desirable than “gettin’ – R – done.”  As a matter of fact, when I went looking for definitions, I found this at en.wiktionary.org:  “The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.” [emphasis mine] The real question to me is ...Continue reading » Productive Procrastination]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/productive-procrastination-1291/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/managing-the-stuff-of-life-1281 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/managing-the-stuff-of-life-1281#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:01:58 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=1281 Believe it or not, February is National Time Management month.  I really wonder who decides these things.  First of all, February is National Black History month, so needless to say, Time Management Month doesn’t even make the radar.  Everyone’s busy celebrating the historical contributions by black people, which is necessary because we didn’t devote the appropriate time to it when we took history the first time around. On top of that, they chose the shortest month in the year to celebrate time management.  How ironic is that?  Was February chosen so that we can ...Continue reading » Managing the “Stuff” of Life]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2010/gen/managing-the-stuff-of-life-1281/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/making-friendly-choices-615 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/making-friendly-choices-615#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:01:57 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=615 Is your crowd helping you be more resilient? It’s the lazy days of summer and feeling a bit lazy myself, it’s taken me a little while to figure out that I’m not really going anywhere.  I’m busy enough, but I’m not making progress.  In fact, I feel way too busy and way too unproductive. ...Continue reading » Making Friendly Choices]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/making-friendly-choices-615/feed 0 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/the-24-7-life-179 http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/the-24-7-life-179#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 07:01:55 +0000 PattiAnn http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/?p=179 It’s no news to you, life is moving faster and faster every day. The new normal is that work starts when you get up (if you’re lucky and no one is calling you from a distant time zone) and ends when you turn out the light for the night. The thing is, it’s not just happening to you, it is now an accepted part of our culture. That acceptance has huge ramifications for how we live our lives. We brag that we work 80 hours/week. Our kids brag about how many activities they’re involved in. No one stops until they drop – LITERALLY! ...Continue reading » The 24/7 Life]]> http://www.bouncebackcafe.com/2009/gen/the-24-7-life-179/feed 0