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confessions: do what makes you come alive
A friend posted this on Facebook this morning and it transformed my outlook for the week: I hope it inspires you as well. Happy Monday, me
confessions: a few of my favorite things
Though I'm a bit of a blog addict, there are several blogs out there that I regularly recommend for various reasons. Here is a collection of them and who might be interested in said blogs: For leadership/productivity: Michael Hyatt For general...
thankful thursday: week four
This week, I thought I'd share my "gifts" lists through photos. Are you still keeping track of your gifts? Or do you at least stop and think of your blessings in spite of a trying time? I hope so. I struggle often, but these weekly reminders help. ...
confessions: cruising and chasing boys with great grandma
I was 17 years old. My grandparents were in the front seat of their late 80s Oldsmobile Ciera sedan, and I sat in the back with my great grandmother, who was also in her late 80s. We drove through Longview, Washington, on a clear, sunny November day en route to my...
book review: empty promises by pete wilson
Description: We all long for more of something in our lives. In our endless pursuit to feel worth and acceptance we find ourselves sacrificing everything for the promise to be a little more beautiful, a little richer, a little more powerful and successful, a little...
confessions: the beauty in ugly things
It's been a rough couple of weeks, but through the ugliness of frozen days, illness, jury duty, death and broken vehicles, there has been a true beauty to January 2013. Sometimes, you have to look beyond the surface to see the true gift. This outrageously cold...
thankful thursdays: week three
Today's Thankful Thursday list is different — as I was writing about how "it can wait until tomorrow" is a lie I had been thinking of the times I put off visiting my family, because of the inconvenience of traffic or the chaos of life in general. Specifically,...
confessions: “it can wait until tomorrow” is a lie
On Saturday, I needed to run some errands but I talked myself out of it... "There's still Sunday! I have plenty of time on Sunday." Well, Sunday happened to knock me out with a nasty head cold. So much for Sunday. My greatest enemy is the assumption of tomorrow....
confessions: I’m finally ready to talk about NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, takes place every November. Thousands of writers hunker over keyboards as peer pressure oozes, trying to write 50,000 words in 30 days. I've done this for three years now... And for the first time, I struggled. I now...
confessions: let it go
Why do we hold so tightly to the things that make us the most miserable? Why do we complain about the worst things over and over and glaze over the good stuff? Why can't we let go of things that hold us back from relaxing? Why do the simplest things drive us...