Favorites

Favorite Quote:

“What you focus on, you can resolve.”           Gavin Newsom

Favorite Books:

• Never Check Email in the Morning by Julie Morgenstern
• Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose by Zappos’ founder Tony Hsieh
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
• Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern

Favorite Places for Pretty Office Supplies:

• See Jane Work
• The Container Store
• Sorting With Style
• Paper Source
• Russell + Hazel
• Bob’s Your Uncle

Favorite List-Making Notebooks:

• Bob’s Your Uncle “Off The Grid” Journal: perfect for my daily To-do Lists and making notes on my larger projects
• Desktop Notes from SusyJack: great size to fit into my desktop caddy
• Big Ideas Notebook from Chewing the Cud: just the right-sized notebook for my purse. Grid paper and small size makes it perfect.

Favorite Posts About Being a Penelope:

• A Wicked Confession, or: A reminder that I’m far from perfect
• Why it Sometimes Sucks to be a Penelope
• Blog Posting Frequency and Promises to Myself

Favorite Websites To Visit When I’m in a Crappy Mood:

• The Purl Bee
• Daisy Cottage
• FUPenguin
• The Happiness Project
• The Bright Side Project

Favorite Online Magazines:

• Lonny Magazine
• Fear.less

Penelope’s Theme Song:

One Girl Revolution by SuperChick

Favorite line from that song: “I can lose my hard-earned freedom if my fear defines my world.”

Favorite TV Character:

Monica from Friends, played by Courtney Cox