No matter what. No matter WHAT, don’t let other people’s opinions get you down. Earlier this week I got some criticism for something I did. For something I have been doing for a couple months now. I know this is annoyingly general, but there was a process I identified a while ago as needing a […]
“Tomorrow you write the 1st page of a 365 page book. Make your story count.” – Art Jonak Mmm, the sharp smell of a brand new notebook. Its binding sturdy and cover unblemished. The pages are blank, ready and waiting for scribbles and script. It will soon record the year’s events. The large ones and […]
I had a wonderful call last night with one of the biggest income earners in Vemma, and the matriarch of my upline (and my leadership). In short, we were talking about To Do lists. Those little lists can be powerful sometimes. Their presence and their absence. What’s interesting about to do lists is that they […]
Sometimes it takes the holidays to force you to step back from your life and take stock. It’s during those times that I realize, holy moley, I’ve got it made. I have a wonderful husband and a healthy, happy daughter. We have a roof over our heads and many options for what to eat every […]
My mini summer life list! Remember that? Annie’s Summer “Inspire Me” list 1) Try 5 new (to me) coffee shops 2) Visit 3 new (to me) book stores 3) Take a class 4) Teach myself how to knit 5) Bake a cake from scratch In July I was itching for new scenery and a jolt of […]
Personal development? I’m over it. It’s exhausting. The image of what personal development means – thinking that I’m never good enough and have to work every day in order to find any measure of success at making myself better than I am? With the natural assumption, of course, that today, in my current state, I’m […]
Day 1: The baby woke up at 5am, instead of her usual 7. Then she “dirtied” all over her pajamas, but I didn’t notice it until I’d carried her around for a while, so I had “dirty” all over my shirt, too. That morning, the dog was overly anxious, and in addition to asking to […]
Today is Monday. Today was a Monday. You know? A weekend filled with visiting family and unusually early four-and-a-half-month-old baby wake up calls left me foggyheaded this morning. The feeling continued as the day went on. You know those days when your brain is ready to go and be all productive, but you just can’t […]
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