Adventures · Inspiration

How to start an imperfect bullet journal

I've gotten over my fears of starting a bullet journal.  Wanna know how I did it?  Wanna know how successful I am at using it?  Wanna get sucked into a rabbit hole of ideas, and creative thoughts, and how it's the best thing in the whole wide world for getting your life organized? Too bad,… Continue reading How to start an imperfect bullet journal

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How I found flames of happiness in my high school literature papers

Here I am writing a blog post, and am stuck about what to write.  YIKES - writer's block.  How do I spark flames of an idea to light a fire under my butt to get a post written? Well...that's a funny story.  Really, funny.  Well, okay, maybe not so funny, but, you know...I've sparked your… Continue reading How I found flames of happiness in my high school literature papers

Emptying the nest

Devil Ivy watched the Fern Bite the Dust

I watched you from across the room.  I knew it, you weren't gonna make it.  Nope. I'm having a devil of a time not being mean today.  I know Mrs. tried her best, but I have to admit it for her, the time has come to be mean. I'm talking ruthless.mean.parting.ways.kinda.mean. Today's the day. In… Continue reading Devil Ivy watched the Fern Bite the Dust

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How I accomplished my reading goals

Holy crap...I gotta tell ya folks, it's an amazing feeling to accomplish a goal.  I'm talking about meeting a goal that was set months earlier and Shazam!, all of a sudden the goal is reached. Before I planned it to happen. It was one of a 1st of the year kinda goals. Yeah, I did… Continue reading How I accomplished my reading goals

Inspiration

Why you shouldn’t wait until January 1st to set new goals

Here's the deal about goal setting on January 1st that has always irked the hell out of me: There's no fricken reason why that is the PERFECT day to start any goal. It's bullshit. Really? Yeah, it rarely works, that is unless you've planned well in advance and sold yourself on the idea for at… Continue reading Why you shouldn’t wait until January 1st to set new goals

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Let’s be clear about snow

It appears about this time of year. With a tease at first, as it gathers on the windows along with its rainy counterpart.  Which outfit water or solid works best, singing the tune of, "Should I stay, or should I go?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QirsBCrXNI0 The snow's first arrival gives us a fair warning, a tease, tease, tease,… Continue reading Let’s be clear about snow