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confessions: giving yourself permission to do your dream
This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to take a mini writing retreat—and I pounced on that opportunity even though I could only spare a few hours. On the Friday leading up to this retreat, I found myself listing out all the things I could work on at this...
confessions: visit my guest blog on Faith & Culture Writers
I'm so thrilled to be speaking at the 2013 Faith and Culture Writers Conference in Portland. Check out my blog about my first experience at this conference in 2011 and all that has happened in between. Happy weekend to you all!
thankful thursday: week ten
How is it the 10th week of 2012 already? Wow. Let that sink in for a minute. Okay, moving on. 56. glimpses of spring 57. mowing the lawn, in the beginning of March 58. beautiful sunrises 59. tackling massive projects at work 60. tackling massive projects outside of...
confessions: I’m going to get up at 5 a.m… but fail.
Successful people get up early. Statistically. So I want to fall into that statistic. Problem: I haven't quite made it happen yet. Last summer, I did manage to get up at 5:30 a.m. for nearly a month to work out. It was awesome. But I have this problem getting to be...
confessions: the power of perfectly random, positive comments
Last Friday I delivered a presentation about marketing and building your online presence. It was a hectic day — lots of last-minute requests and running around for various projects. I was also a bit distracted all day, gearing up for the presentation. One businessman,...
confessions: the gift of barn chores
Despite what my parents thought growing up when I protested doing barn chores — I've always found incredible solace in everything from cleaning tack to stripping stalls {for city folk: cleaning every inch of a stall down to the rubber mats}. After one of the most...
book review: The Fault in Our Stars
Description: The #1 New York Times bestseller that Time Magazine called “damn near genius,”The Fault in Our Stars is the story of Hazel Lancaster and Augustus Waters, two Indianapolis teenagers who meet at a Cancer Kid Support Group. Review: This is one of those books...
thankful thursday: week nine
How has another week gone by? It seems the busier I get, the more there is to be thankful for. 51. a mile-long to-do list that keeps me hopping 52. the opportunity to teach marketing to chiropractic students 53. small things, like basic transportation 54....
confessions: going with the flow
...sometimes things end up better than you expect. ...all you can control is you. Don't waste your energy on things that are outside your hold. ...sometimes good ideas ought to be left to simmer before acting upon. ...sometimes saying positive things will actually put...
confession: I’m running out of blogging steam
I knew it would happen when I committed myself to doing five blogs a week. This was meant to be a push for my writing discipline and an exercise in being more open online. But as I stare at the blank screen today, I'm just not sure what to even write. I have a whole...