by Patti Miinch | Feb 6, 2020 | consequences, decisions, Patti Miinch, priorities, values
We do it 35,000 times a day. 2,000 times every hour. Once every 2 seconds.We make a decision.Some we make with little thought, and rightfully so. We see a stop sign, and we slow down and then stop before entering the intersection.The problem is that we make far too...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 9, 2019 | Creating the Blueprint, intentionality, pattimiinch.com, planner, priorities, time, values
Last week you spent some time determining your true values and considering whether your day to day life reflects those values. You might have been thinking, “Well, that’s well and good in theory, but how does that translate into reality, into how I live my...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 2, 2019 | blueprint, calendar, checkbook, Creating the Blueprint, life redesign, Patti Miinch, planner, priorities, redesigning, social media, values, www.pattimiinch.com
In 2006, my husband and I decided to build our forever home on acreage in the rural county in which he grew up. We bought house-plan magazines, checked out house-plan books from the library, and for weeks and weeks pored over various plans, trying to find the perfect...
by Patti Miinch | Jan 1, 2018 | 2018, beliefs, gym, living, resolutions, simple, values
According to many sociologists, the #1 resolution made by Americans every year is to get into shape.Judging by the number of folks I saw when I went to the gym today, that observation is true. By the way, I didn’t make a similar resolution. No, I went to...
by Patti Miinch | Jun 14, 2017 | beliefs, direction, focus, principles, true north, values
I remember my very first compass. My father gave it to me the evening before my first day at Girl Scout Camp. As I gazed down at the magical device in my hand at the arrow that wiggled a bit but never changed course no matter how furiously I spun the cold metal device...