Monday was Memorial Day, a day off for a lot of people including me and my wife.

We ventured downtown, I introduced her to Pint & Slice, a local pizza joint that has been around for 5 years and was one of the few places open on the holiday.

Afterward we sat at a nearby courtyard and were talking about following our hearts and giving to others.

More than monetary giving to others, but being open and aware of ways we can serve by giving of ourselves in ways that are not looking for rewards, but using our gifts, talents and time for a “God Inspired Mission”.

Kathy has amazed me with her heart for people and projects.  She gives by starting things, like the Thrift Style Fashion Show she organized and promoted for a couple of years.  About 100 hours of her time went into each event and the funds raised went to support a local charity, while promoting a dozen thrift stores and encouraging others to live a thrifty life and still be fashionable.

She has a couple of other ideas she’s working on for the future.  Her life is a combination of nursing and life coaching.  She is doing home care nursing and also hospice care.  And while she isn’t on a board or committee, she is plenty involved in the encouragement business in her spare time, this is her calling.

Me… my blended life involves doing at least a little bit of work, 29 days a month.  That could be making a note to myself about a business I want to call on, or a person I want to reach out to for work purposes, when I’m “off the clock”.

By the way, my full time occupation is helping local business and organizations connect with clients and customers via the two radio stations I work for.  In short, I sell radio advertising, but in a way that is honest and has a strategy designed to assist my advertisers reach their goals.

But I also volunteer my time and energies in multiple other ways too.  My blended life includes my radio work, my time with my wife, my family, friends both face to face and online, and multiple volunteer activities.

Sometimes multitasking is a way to blend, as I was watching the Indy 500 on TV last weekend, while organizing work files, and tweeting at the same time.

Blending a little of this, a little of that keeps life from getting boring.

One more item to share with you and that is the tweet I received that inspired me to write this.

Take a look:

Drew wrote that Monday as we were both doing a little work on Memorial Day.

UPDATE:  The comments from Drew and myself inspired me to write this on Sunday.