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Friday reView

Learn to go through one door and many others will open for you; try to go through five doors at once and you’ll go nowhere. ~C. Andrew Ramsey {Going through one door} is something I — at long last! — accomplished during the month of August. It was a dual celebration for me: A complete [...]

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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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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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Freelance Schedules

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan. ~Norman Vincent Peale Yep. I used the “s” word; the dreaded linear tool creAtives typically love to live without. However, the road to distraction and lost clients are paved with a freelancer’s good intentions! So … how about we accomplish this task creAtively? [...]

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Why use an editorial calendar?

Because the stream of real-life can suddenly become whitewater rapids! This scenario exacerbates the {often meandering} train of thought and habits of creAtive-types. I speak from my own recent experience — despite being in the midst of working on my own editorial calendar, and … Moving in the direction of change. For the past few [...]

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Time in a Bottle

There never seems to be enough time / To do the things you want to do / Once you find them  ~Jim Croce Overwhelm is the default mode when we create our own rut by {being busy}. Day in. Day out. We busy ourselves with the urgent and mundane — all the while convincing ourselves [...]

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Give yourself room to move

There are opportune moments in life when you find yourself barely able to move in the midst of you own expectations. You stare at the closed door to your {windowless room of} Routines and Busyness — and the walk-in closet {harboring the opinions of others} as  it overflows into this room. A room packed full [...]

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Friday reView

Life’s up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. ~Marsha Sinetar Most of us don’t race into conflict, challenge or heartache. However, once we move through said times we are blessed {changed} by the lessons learned. [...]

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Are you stretching yourself?

Shoot for the moon—even if you miss it, you will land among the stars. ~Les Brown Where do you see yourself regarding your goals? Are you taking aim? Do you have a target in sight? Have you been focused on the same goal(s) for so long, you are hitting bulls-eyes every time? If you’re hitting [...]

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Motivation is 5-steps away

My old buddy {Action} has been captured in the freeze-frame of Overwhelm. In my pursuit of consistency {read: daring to live my days consistent with my goals} I periodically find myself dazed and wandering in the blur of busyness: Those mundane habits forged from the “shoulds” and “musts” — as per the expectations of infamous [...]

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