“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 [...]
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 [...]
For the majority of this year (so far), even before Babygirl was born, I’ve been feeling stuck in a creativity rut. Not in the negative sense, but in regards to routines. You know how it seems like you’re always doing the same things and eating at the same places and seeing the same stuff? Yeah. [...]
You know that moment when you put your finger on something that was just out of your reach before? The feeling that that envokes? That feeling can be powerful. Last night, Hubz and I were having a conversation about money. Not uncommon for most married couples (one would hope). We’re always keeping tabs on where [...]
Although I had several work buddies during my 7 year stint in the corporate world, I never really thought of any of them as friends. Work Buddy: someone you chat with in the break room and go out to lunch with once in a while. Friend: someone you choose to see on the weekends. Big [...]
For the past several years, Chris Brogan has defined his goals/resolutions for each year with a series of words. I follow a lot of Chris’ writing via his blog and upon reading about his method for setting his annual goals last year, I thought I’d give it a try. I liked his method. (You can [...]
Yesterday I talked about a talk about trying something new for 30 days. What was that, Annie? Sorry. Self-editing. TED Talks video: Try something new for 30 days I promised not only to share with you what ideas I decide to implement for a fun-filled 30 days (still workin’ on it), but a friend of [...]
This is an incredibly lighthearted, casual video from an engineer at Google named Matt Cutts, but well worth the 3 minutes: An extremely simple, unoriginal message – not unlike practically all personal development messages – yet thought-provoking, don’t you think? What shall we try? What shall we do! Our options are endless. This is gonna [...]
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