MUSE • Leslie Keenan

Spring Forward?

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The day we change the clocks –  Spring Forward – is always the worst day of the year for me. Or rather the first day I have to be anywhere after we spring forward.   Add in a 4 1/2 year old who is attending preschool, and you can magnify that by a factor of ten, which this morning included about three drop-down-to-the-floor, scream-and-cry jags. “I’m just tired Mama!” she finally shouted. Yes, I was too. I’m always shocked by how we can all expect to suddenly have our days…read more

Mar.12
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The Value of Doing Nothing

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From my Newsletter, Late Summer 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In our busy-busy; go-go culture, spending time idly, perhaps even staring into space, is not thought well of. In fact, if you went by what people say in the press, you’d think having some alone-time is highly suspect. When reporters couldn’t follow Obama at all times on the campaign trail, because, gasp, he wanted to have some moments alone, they didn’t understand why. And yet, for creativity to emerge, we need some down-time for it to formulate itself, or for us to access…read more

Jun.16
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New Year’s Resolutions?

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I hate new year’s resolutions. The new year is just an arbitrary date created by a linear calendar that happens to start in the dead of winter. And resolutions are usually just lists of things we think we “should” do but haven’t been able to. So a month, or even a few weeks, in you feel like a failure because you’ve not been able to do it now either. Instead of a new year, I like to focus on the fact that we get a brand new twenty-four hours each…read more

Jan.20
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Finding Time to Write

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From my Newsletter, Spring 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The issue I’ve been finding my clients struggling with lately is finding the time to write in the middle of your life. How can you make time for it? The key is, you have to make writing your top priority, and commit to your schedule no matter what it is – keeping in mind that your highest priority may not take up the most time. So what does this look like? Well, I can use myself as an example here. Since I came back…read more

Dec.06
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