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Why Is It So Hard to Start, Finish, and Start Again?
Understanding the Creative Cycle The Creative Cycle at a Glance If you have ever stared at a blank page, a new business idea, a fitness plan, or a half-finished project and thought, “Why is this so hard?” you are not alone. Starting is exciting. The middle feels endless. Finishing is exhausting. And sometimes, after finishing,…
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Advice: Recognizing the Good Stuff
Last week I wrote a bit about bad advice and where to put it. No, not there. Well, unless you really have to. But seriously, as I was milling around last week (when I wasn’t knee deep in Dead Spaces), I got to thinking about good advice. Yes, there is such a thing. My life…
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Update on the Great Bra Fit Adventure
Houston, we have a winner! Okay, I’ll admit that don’t have any, um, of her stuff, including the bills, but I am not posting a photo of me in the new, um, purchase. But I did promise I’d return and report. So here is breaking news! An update of Round #2 of the Great Bra…
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My “No Formal Resolutions” Zone
When I was a little girl, all the new year meant to me was that it would soon be time to go back to school. I didn’t like school that much. Resolutions? I don’t remember resolving to do anything except maybe play more. I also don’t remember when I was “introduced” to the notion of…
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My NaBloPoMo Adventure is a Wrap!
This month I “ran” a word marathon, well this is my last lap [insert Rocky music here]! My victory lap, if you will. Now actual runners might think that’s a pretty wimpy marathon, but I dug deep, I scraped out the bottom of my brain, I begged words from strangers, I scrapped the bottom of…
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On Second Winds and Finish Lines
I love this photo. I have no idea if that runner is getting his second wind, but looking at it helped me find mine. I would have liked to get that second wind last Friday, but I’m just glad I got it. One thing about living long (and sometimes prospering) and finishing things, is understanding…