Category Archives: Goals

Where Will You be in Four Years?

Posted on December 4, 2013 by

“I can’t do it!” “Yes, you can.  Just focus. Put your hands under her and pull, fast!” She was terrified.  I was yelling.  The two of us, in a panic, because we knew we there wasn’t much time. Dory, my … Continue reading →

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How to Accomplish A Goal, Your Goal; Any Goal

Posted on October 16, 2013 by

I’ve been writing about weight loss this week.  I’ve interviewed 9 women and am telling each person’s ‘How I did it’ story in a feature for Kit magazine.  It’s been inspiring, has caused me to pause and think.  Not about … Continue reading →

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How to Get to the Other Side, No Matter Where You’re Headed

Posted on September 11, 2013 by

photo by Chesse Hobbs I think it was the exclamation points.  There were two.  And they came at just the right time.  Because the more I dig into this project, the more I find myself face to face with the … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned from a Ten-Year-Old Entrepreneur

Posted on August 28, 2013 by

I’ve been a mother for 19 years.  Three times I have given birth. Three times I have taught people how to go potty, tie shoes, and trim toenails.  Three times I’ve pushed a little girl behind her bike until she … Continue reading →

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The 3 Things that Led Me to Writing

Posted on August 21, 2013 by

I am participating in the ‘Writing Contest: You Are A Writer’ held by Positive Writer. My journey with writing began with a newborn baby, a bum refrigerator and an accounting error. I was thirty-one years old and I was tired.  … Continue reading →

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Tiny Seeds And Trust: How A Shift in Thinking Changes Everything

Posted on August 19, 2013 by

It happens over and over again.  I make a decision or goal or what have you and doubt creeps in.  I begin to obsess, look ahead, fill my brain with thoughts of negativity.  It drowns my hope. So this time … Continue reading →

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To Those Who Push my Buttons, Here’s What I Have to Say

Posted on July 31, 2013 by

Photo by Leah Jones The Ugly Truth I’m sitting in my room at the Holiday Inn Express in Muncie, IN and all I can think about is this: the big, fat, ugly truth.  Which is; I’m mostly all talk and … Continue reading →

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