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Living outside the lines

For almost three years, I have embraced the concept of not only planning {outside the lines} but also living — a gently ordering my private world — ever-so-splendidly outside the lines! While it was a wee bit disconcerting as first — I consider to be one of my very best life-changes. Look at life through [...]

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Random Inspirations

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. ~Henry David Thoreau Sometimes we must allow ourselves time to simply be … Or perhaps … To randomly nap To art journal [visuals for inspiration] To daydream about possibilities To [...]

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Vacation Eyes

Being in the midst of extended vacation days, I am grateful to feel unwound and defragged. The proverbial white board being freshly erased and cleaned, ready for new jottings, notations and plans. Family gatherings, lazy summer days and movie nights have allowed my mind the freedom to ponder random ideas without the ringing alarm of [...]

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Why freelancers {and creAtives} cannot keep a daily schedule

Ever wonder why checklists, calendars and daily schedules don’t work for you? Perhaps you have even parked yourself at the corner of Discovery and Realization in hopes of learning why daily schedules seem to be a recipe for hair-pulling frustration and emotional dead-ends. Well, I started a list! Despite 25 years of consulting, listening and [...]

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Watercolor Life

The visual of a watercolor life comforts me. Canvases of soft, muted lines and broad, bold strokes of color on pure-fiber archival paper and canvases … The gentle mingling of pigments as each flows and transitions across the page … The clarity of pure water washes that reveal varying hues and tone. Change being marked [...]

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Creative Every Day

My original Creative Every Day {CED} goals for January were to work on a collage reviewing my notes regarding my {creAtive} business plan. That was altered last week but not without necessity or purpose. However, I was consistent with the {totally optional} theme for January: Body. I committed to CED largely because I needed accountability [...]

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Embracing randomness

Most of us can remember plans we had that worked out. And most of us can remember plans we had that started with a blaze of glory … only to drop outta the sky. Hitting the proverbial ground with a loud “splat!” Due to our own randomness or the randomness of the world around us. [...]

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Why you {absolutely} should keep a journal!

One of my closest and bestest sista-friends presented this journal to me during one of our road-trip/shopping sprees. Aside from being inspired by the giver, I adore this particular journal for several reasons — such as seeing the phrases on the cover — which inspired what I wrote inside! But that is not the point [...]

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New Eyes, Desks and Declutter

The past two weeks have been sPecTacUlar! And while it has taken some time to get to the {dance-in-spectacular} … It was well worth it! My adventures actually began last October when I began to read, read, read about (and experiment with …) creative planning, visual journaling and collage-journals and planners. I discovered solutions that [...]

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Right Brain Business Journal

A common thread woven in the discussions with my accountability groups have this common thread: How do we declutter our schedules and yet maintain the aspects of our days that we enjoy? Read: Avoid throwin’ the baby out with the bathwater — [idiom explained]. A colleague of mine and I been brainstorming answers to this [...]

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