Journal Every Day

There can be no courage unless you’re scared.
~Eddie Rickenbacker
Being a creative, you must realize about the only two things I do on a daily basis is sleep and eat!
However, my intention is to journal every day — at least in some form. I have a pop-up reminder on my Google Calendar [...]

Tactile Plan of Attack

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. ~ Orison Swett Marden
Perhaps the change of seasons … or the weather … or mere routine replacing scenic travel and being away from home. Whatever it is, I seemed [...]

Time Management — Block by Block

Every day we are faced with a rollercoaster of ideas, activities and interruptions that takes us for a wild ride in our attempt to manage our time effectively. Being the creAtive I am … I have employed a wide variety of tools and methods to keep myself {on-task}. Well, as much as possible — [...]

“Resume” vs. “Start Over”

“Resume versus Start Over” — I am using this theme on the {various} blogs I, well, blog. Dontcha just love multi-purpose words?! The concept of being able to simply resume — instead of erasing the proverbial chalkboard and starting all over — is ever-revealing itself to me.

The (wo)man who has no imagination has no wings ~Muhammad Ali

Ignite Motivation

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Often times we must overcome the dreaded “What if’s” in order to discover the motivation to begin or resume a project. Despite the challenge, once we realize that Overcoming is simply the destination we arrive at by taking a step at a time — we are able to ignite the motivation to go on! [...]

Why you {absolutely} should keep a journal!

One of my closest and bestest sista-friends presented this journal to me during one of our road-trip/shopping sprees. Aside from being inspired by the giver, I adore this particular journal for several reasons — such as seeing the phrases on the cover — which inspired what I wrote inside!
But that is not the [...]

ArT of PlanNing

This week has been completely different than most of my weeks. In fact the past two weeks have been different than most of my weeks. Relationships have been {even more of} my main investment of time. My days have included rockin’ babies, being the best friend {and the eldest child}, strolling down memory lane {actually [...]

Decide

Deciding now frees up your most valuable asset, time, so you can go work on something else. What happens if, starting today, you make every decision as soon as you have a reasonable amount of data? — Seth Godin

Invented obstacles

 
Interesting thing, Procrastination. It is the twin to Productivity — um, without the accomplishment.
It is merely activity and the appearance of accomplishment, with no tangible rewards. Just the self-loathing that follows when we dance with Procrastination; when we realize how much time we spent — never to have back! — in our pursuit of Productivity.
Real obstacles don’t [...]