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Continue reading →: You Went Through It. You Might as Well Learn From It.When I think about lessons learned, I always end up back at the first time I wiped out on my bike going down a hill that was too steep for me. I remember the rush of finally keeping up with the older kids, not really paying attention to anything except…
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Continue reading →: You Cannot Give Full Attention to Five Things at Once.By Wednesday, my week already feels like an overdrawn bank account. The meetings I said yes to last month are colliding with the deadlines I promised to hit this week, and somehow everything wants my full attention at the same time. I catch myself dragging blocks around my calendar, trying…
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Continue reading →: How to Stop Letting Change Blindside Your Week.It is Monday morning and you just finished the weekly project meeting with the engineering team. The goal of this meeting is simple: review project deliverables due in the next week, see if anyone needs help , and check who has space to support other projects. By the end, everyone…
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Continue reading →: The Dog Wash Was Not on the Critical Path.You told yourself you were giving yourself plenty of time. The flight was not until 2pm, your bag is mostly packed, and you even had a rough time in mind for when you wanted to leave for the airport. On your way to zip up your suitcase, you catch a…
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Continue reading →: The Cost of Doing It Twice: A Small Fix For Overcomplicated Days.You are on the floor, surrounded by furniture pieces with an Allen wrench in your hand, when you realize the leg you just attached is facing the wrong direction. You skipped the instructions because the diagram looked straightforward and honestly, how complicated could a bookshelf be. Twenty minutes in, you…
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Continue reading →: The Hour Before the Border: A Missing Passport and No Extra TimeIt was 5am and everyone was already in the car when my sister went quiet in a way that immediately told us something was wrong. “I can’t find my passport.” We spent the next hour going through her room, then her car, then back to her room again and still…
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Continue reading →: Nobody Likes Being the Last to Know.Picture a holiday office party or a family gathering where someone organized a Secret Santa exchange. The rules were set, the names were drawn and everyone came prepared. Then somewhere between the planning and the day of, a change got made that a few people knew about but nobody announced…
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Continue reading →: The What If Question You Were Not Ready For.There is a moment that most people in a working environment have witnessed at least once. Everything looked right on paper and the gap that caused the problem was never on anyone’s radar until it was too late. The timeline was mapped, the tasks were assigned and everyone moved forward…
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Continue reading →: Hard Work Does Not Fix a Broken Sequence.There is a specific kind of frustration that only comes from working hard on something and watching it go nowhere. Most of us felt it for the first time as kids. You opened a box, dumped out the pieces and decided the instructions were optional. You already had a picture…
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Continue reading →: Sunday You Is Smarter Than Monday You.You can tell by Tuesday whether Sunday had a plan behind it or not. It is Monday morning and before you have even opened your laptop three things are already competing for your attention. Something from last week did not get finished. A meeting got added to your calendar overnight.…
Navigating Work, Life, and Everything in Between
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I’m Dulce
This blog is a space where I share reflections on living in the middle of it all. I write about staying grounded through organization, routines, and small systems that help make sense of work, life, and the in-between moments as they unfold.
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