Dear Sixx Design, can I come work for you?

Sixx Design | "Good architecture lets nature in" - Mario Rei

I have been waiting for Bravo’s newest reality show 9 By Design to start airing forever (which in reality has only been like four months, but who’s counting?!) and I must say the first two episodes did not disappoint.  In fact, since then Jason cannot get the remote away from me on Tuesday nights. Usually I record shows for later viewing, but this is one I am so enamored with that I will watch it with the commercials.

I am in love with this family in all their beautiful chaos and bravery.  The utter unfathomable lifestyle of both financial and creative risk they take to satisfy their passions and their dreams is so delicious it makes my already intolerable appetite to follow my design dreams worse.  I love it!

I have always said to others to follow their passions and success will follow.  I think Cortney and Robert Novogratz have done just that.  They are deeply inspiring for me.

Tune in tonight on Bravo for an all new episode.  You’ll know where I’ll be… glass of wine, popcorn, and my remote in hand!

Click here to learn more about 9 By Desgin. And, check out their design company Sixx Design.

to say I wept might be an understatement…

Watching this story stirred deep emotions in me today.  It embodies everything I miss about being a daily part of saving lives through organ and tissue donation.  Creating a video like this and being able to share a story like Alex’s with the world is something that brought me much joy while I did it and I hope while you watch it, it opens your eyes to the amazing power of one.

Alex was so obviously a special soul and I weep at the deep gratitude of the recipients and of Alex’s family.  We are so lucky to live in a community where people like the Capperauld’s are willing to give the ultimate gift.  Words cannot express how I feel about this cause.

To all my ladies at Donate Life Today – I love you.

beware of the drift

I love it when I sit down to have a great chat, over a great meal, with a great friend and she says something that stops me cold and everything goes silent.  Like she just said the most profound thing I’ve ever heard and it literally makes all the noise in the restaurant (and my head) stop.

We were discussing life and some of the career opportunities I currently have in front of me (which is quite frankly stressing me out) and she say’s to me, “beware of the drift.”

What is the drift you ask?  Fellow blogger Gretchen Rubin writes, “Drift is the decision you make by not deciding, or by making a decision that unleashes consequences for which you don’t take responsibility.”

Which leaves me with these thoughts: When will we begin to live our lives with purpose, in line with our unrelenting passions, unique talents, and our core values?  Can we set ourselves up for career happiness and build an artful life full of love and joy?

What if a career built with purpose is next?