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living on purpose

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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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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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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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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Friday reView

★ You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  ~Dr. Seuss The review for this week is that my son has been home from school {and work} and we have been enjoying an extremely laid back schedule! That is the good {from the [...]

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A time for everything

There are so many adventures I want to enjoy … hobbies I want to learn and practice, projects I want to work on. The periodic, shrill bell-ringing of the alarm clock in my brain reminds of these {wanna-do’s}, and I become momentarily distracted. {Sometimes distracted longer than momentary! } Then I remember: Only 24 hours [...]

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Friday reView

{Do you see a weed or a flower?} It has been an excellent week! Much more productivity by way of … {Decisiveness and} My glittering new-normal {and less pain} than last week! I am going to keep this reView short and sweet … Much to do before the sun sets tonight! I want to encourage [...]

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Time Management for Creative People

Time management for creAtive people requires more than list-making, scheduling and dates on a calendar. In order for it to work properly {and not make said creAtives plum-crazy-bonkers!} elements of color, design and personal creativity {absolutely} must be incorporated. This also includes having a personal list of tried-and-true, get-back-on-track tips to, well, get back on [...]

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Pursue Passion

Passion {zeal; conviction; heart-desire; propensity} is something we all possess; it came as part of the package. Thus, it is something we cannot create or some how muster up and promote. Certainly it is not an attribute to be achieved or fabricated by imitation — following a leader or a cookie-cutter how-to guide. Like a [...]

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