So, I really want to have a knock-down, drag-out with 2016 to figure out what happened, what went wrong, and how to make 2017 amazing. I know a lot of people who have had similarly adversarial relationships with this past year. That said, when I get honest I sometimes depress people by talking about theContinue reading “A Year of Change in Review: Let’s Be Honest”
Category Archives: Inspiration
Ten Quotes to Lift Your Spirit
According to a lot of people, 2016 has been a tough year (myself included). Hopefully the holiday season will be especially cheery and bright this year and here’s an early gift of ten of my favorite quotes to improve your day — And one to grow on…
Struggle As Adventure
Strug·gle verb make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction. strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance. have difficulty handling or coping with. engage in conflict. make one’s way with difficulty. Struggle doesn’t sound like fun. Maybe, it doesn’t even sound right — if you’reContinue reading “Struggle As Adventure”
The Fastest Way to Change Your Life For the Better
A little over a year ago I decided it was time to start getting rid of some of my and my sisters extra possessions. We had been limiting the amount of new items for a while but there were several rooms full of things that I hadn’t even looked at since we moved 11 years ago.Continue reading “The Fastest Way to Change Your Life For the Better”
Five Tips to Actually Freakin’ Make Your Dreams a Reality
This has been a crazy time for me. I work retail and I basically just become an eating, sleeping, and retailing machine for the six weeks before Christmas. Then life gets back to normal. I’m not proud to have fallen off on my exercise and writing goals BUT I am proud of how excited IContinue reading “Five Tips to Actually Freakin’ Make Your Dreams a Reality”
How to Tune Out the Noise
I recently led a class about ‘How to Reevaluate Your Life’. Some readers will remember that I’ve talked about this topic a couple of times before and so I felt pretty confident. I printed handouts, talked for over an hour, and thought I’d covered my bases pretty well. Then — during the Q & AContinue reading “How to Tune Out the Noise”
The Defining Moment of Your Life
Welcome to Awesomeville Population: YOU I’ve been MIA from my blog for a little while, for a few reasons: I’ve been launching a website for ‘How to Come Alive‘ (see last post) I’ve been hitting it hard in terms of exercise, eating right, cleaning, and novel writing (more on that soon) I wasn’t sure what toContinue reading “The Defining Moment of Your Life”
Back — and Better Than Ever
Hi there. Remember me? Sorry for the long absence since my last post, but I hope once you hear what I’ve been up to, you’ll approve. First of all, I want to say thank you to each and every person who follows this blog. When I started writing here, I was imaging you all — youContinue reading “Back — and Better Than Ever”
Follow Your Excitement
When you decide to change your life, improve your world, or reclaim your dreams you will come to a time when you get really excited about something you consider ‘silly’ or ‘trivial’ — and in that moment, you have discovered magic. Think about it — how often do you get excited in the day-to-day? NotContinue reading “Follow Your Excitement”
How to Get There From Here: The Beginner’s Guide to Goal Setting
When you have a dream, it sneaks around the edges of your consciousness, coming to the forefront of your mind in the oddest times — in the shower, listening to radio interviews, when someone asks ‘What do you do?’ But how do you cross over from a dreamer to a doer? With thousands of booksContinue reading “How to Get There From Here: The Beginner’s Guide to Goal Setting”
Stay Extraordinary 