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Rest is the New Hustle

March 7, 2016/0 Comments/in Happiness, Health, Home, Increase Productivity, List Making, People, Reduce Stress, Tea, Tool for Success/by Paula Rizzo

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I’m back in action! Well mostly…and more slowly but I’m back.

Thank you for your patience while I disappeared from my blog and social media and basically the world to recuperate after my appendix burst.

Ever have one of those experiences where you know it’s changing your life — right as it’s happening?

But you’re just not totally clear on how it will alter you in the end?

I guess that happens with big life experiences like getting married and having kids. But turns out — it also happens when your health is on the line. Something that until this point, I’ve had no experience with.

I thought I had food poisoning at the end of January. But I’ve had food poisoning before and I’d never had such intense stomach pains with it. But I just figured it would go away.

It didn’t and I ended up in the emergency room with a ruptured appendix! Boy was that painful.

Apparently this doesn’t happen a lot anymore because people get to the hospital well before this tiny organ has a chance to explode. Read more

When It’s Bad To Be Good At Something

January 18, 2016/0 Comments/in Happiness, People, Reduce Stress, Relationships/by Paula Rizzo

Last month my husband and I were in Florida to celebrate his grandmother’s 90th birthday. What a milestone! The whole family flew there from all over to celebrate together.

In between trips to the pool and cocktail hours…we found ourselves decorating the house for the festivities.

Everyone was given a job: Balloon blowing, hat making, ribbon twirling…oh and there was a list to be made too!

And guess who was called to make said list. That’s right — yours truly.

It always feels nice when you are recognized as being good at something. I like it when people ask me for list-making tips because it’s fun to help people, but it’s also gives me a little confidence boost to be an expert.

But then it hit me.

Being good at something can actually be bad! Read more

Why I’m Being Anti-Social This December

November 23, 2015/0 Comments/in Happiness, Holidays, People, Reduce Stress, Relationships/by Paula Rizzo

I’m always up for going to networking events, but recently I’ve found myself going to a lot of them and I’m getting burned out. I’m tired, cranky and forgetting things. It’s not my style.

Just last week I went to see The Color Purple on Broadway (with Jennifer Hudson!) with friends from a networking group. There was a problem with the seating and I ended up sitting away from everyone. I was a bit bummed at first to be isolated from the group but the most unexpected thing happened. After spending two hours on my own, I realized how little time I’ve spent by myself lately and I loved it! Read more

A List to Lift Your Spirits This Fall

September 28, 2015/0 Comments/in Happiness, Holidays, List Making, People, Reduce Stress/by Paula Rizzo

September is coming to an end and there’s definitely a chill in the air here in New York. It’s that “back to school” weather finally kicking in. My husband Jay hates winter! Around this time of year he starts getting sad about the colder weather and says we need to move to California for some sunshine!

The winter blues aren’t just a feeling – it’s a real problem called seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and it’s caused by a lack of vitamin d. So what else can you do to lift your mood this fall? Short of moving to California? Read more

Make This List to Get More Out of Your Day

September 14, 2015/0 Comments/in Benefits of List Making, Books, Decision Making, Fellow List Producers, Happiness, Learning With a List, List Making, People, Reduce Stress, Tool for Success/by Paula Rizzo

From CEOs to janitors, we all have the same problem – we don’t have enough time.

In fact, when you think about it, time is an equalizer. That’s because we all only get 24 hours.

Even the President is forced to squeeze all his tasks into that 24-hour time frame.

So how do we do it?

I recently visited the Google headquarters with my husband in Mountain View, CA. Our gracious guide Gopi Kallayil discussed this conundrum with us as he showed us around the gorgeous campus.

At one point he asked us, “If you only had one hour what would be the next one thing you would do with it that would maximize the quality of joy, presence and life?”

It’s a great question for unveiling your true priorities.

Often you’ll be surprised by how little time you dedicate to the things you would put at the top of that list. Read more

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