What I did (kind of) on my personal retreat vacation

Well, I promised that I would report back after this weekend's personal retreat to let you know how it went. The short answer? Not as planned. After one day, my retreat was cut short due to an emergency. It’s all perfectly fine now — don’t worry — but I didn't have the uninterrupted days of relaxation, planning, and work that I'd hoped for. That's disappointing, of course, but it's also life. It doesn’t matter how much you plan — in the end you still have to roll with the punches. I'll admit, I started writing this post with a bad…

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Planning a Personal Retreat for Creativity and Career

I'm one of those people love fall. I mean, don't get me wrong – summer is great. I love the whole sunshine and being warm thing. But there's also something about summer that can be, well, exhausting. When the sun’s out, I feel compelled to take advantage of every gorgeous second. It's hard to hunker down and work when people are inviting you out for bike rides, and hikes, and early afternoon happy hours on sunshiny patios. Who wants to stay home for the weekend when you could go camping or out to the Oregon coast to get rained on?…