Career
February 2026
: Cadence The paradox of time management is that the less structure there is to the day, the less that gets …
June 2024
: Pausing to Advance I have a recurring to-do that pops up every Thursday that reminds me to complete a weekly review. …
: Priorities Much thought is given to priorities, especially around the beginning of a new year. Whether we set …
May 2024
: Do it Well Nearly 15 years out of college, I could’ve never predicted the arc of my career. I walked across the …
October 2023
: A Job Well Done There are plenty of ways to measure our work. Volume, quality, quantity, we’re never short on …
September 2023
: Bend, Don’t Break There’s only so much work that I can do in a week. Every Monday, I enter into the new week with a …
August 2023
: Bottomless Tasks I start every Monday with a fresh set of hours to work, and a full task list. As the week …
May 2023
: Fruits of Labor The feast of St. Joseph the Worker is an important reminder in our modern era of the holiness of …
January 2023
: Work from Home Dad Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent more time working at the kitchen counter than I have working at …
: Permission to Push It’s easy to be overwhelmed with work. There are busy seasons, bad weeks, and times when illness or …
October 2022
: Share Your Best Work Sharing your work is a frightening thought. As I write many of these posts, thoughts creep up in my …
: Balance I left the workforce in the fall of 2014 to stay home and take care of Benedict. Alison was just …
July 2022
: Pause I’m back from summer vacation, a whole week experiencing Northern Michigan. It was a great reprieve …
May 2016
: Personal Pride My neighbors love to sit outside and talk to one another. The other day, I was chatting with one of …
April 2016
: Enough Breaks Already It’s really easy to cut yourself too much slack. You laud praises on yourself for a good week’s …
: Keeping Priorities Straight If you feel guilty spending time with your family instead of working, you need to adjust your …
February 2016
: Persistence Wins If you work long enough at something, you’ll see results and win. Persistence is the most helpful …
January 2016
: Try New Things in Your Career The New Year presents many interesting possibilities. You have a blank canvas of twelve months to go …
: Keep in Touch I think that we have a tendency to discount work friendships. Work is not primarily a place to go to …
: Take A Break The biggest downside to being self-employed is that there’s no paid vacation. When I don’t work, I …
November 2015
: Disengage This Holiday Season I have a challenge for you this Thanksgiving and Christmas: disengage. I can see it now. You’re …
August 2015
: Persistance vs. Overwork As I sit down to write this post, I’m surrounded my mountains of stuff. My office is a complete …
: Work Needs A Finish Line The line between on the clock and off the clock has been blurred beyond recognition. Today’s …
June 2015
: Blazing Your Own Path I wish I had started my web design business back in college. The free enterprise system and the …
: Rest vs. Idleness Idle hands are the Devil’s tools, yet God rested on the 7th day. Rest and idleness are very close …
: Relentless Positive Action While I was living in Michigan, I was particularly impressed with the Governor’s mantra, “Relentless …
May 2015
: Struggling with Focus The reality of the finite nature of time is never more apparent than when you’re doing something …
April 2015
: Confront Fear One of the more popular topics in the blogosphere lately is fear. More and more, people who’ve …
: Managing Notifications A few weeks ago, I noticed a drop in my productivity. I took a few days to consider the root cause …
January 2015
: Be A Thought Leader There are two types of leaders in your company: the named leaders and the thought leaders. The named …
: Why You Should Do Your Job Well There seems to be a natural tension between employee and employer. At the company I was at before, …
December 2014
: Take Vacation I want to begin this post by noting that I’m on vacation all this week. There will, of course, be …
July 2014
: I Feel Like A Bum “I felt like a bum.” Alison spoke those words to me two weeks ago. She was describing a team …
: The Key to No-Work Sundays Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest in our lives. I’ve written recently about my Lenten journey …
October 2013
: Work is Holy “I work so that I can live.” That is the mantra for my generation. We’ve moved to a point where we …
August 2013
: Participating in Each Other’s Work Work is a key piece of our lives. Through work we do two things: we provide for our family and we …
: Working Professionals One of the major challenges for any newly married couple is how to balance two very full schedules. …
July 2013
: Coming Home Coming home can be the best part of your day! Your work is over, and you get to now focus on the …
: You Define Your Success Success is the currency that we all chase. No matter what we do, we seek success. The tricky thing …
: Use Your Work to Evangelize The other day I was in a one-on-one meeting with a local business owner. I met him through my wife. …