When you take action and supposedly “fail”, you’re actually learning valuable lessons. This knowledge will help you to improve things in the future and make your work more effective. Perhaps the second time around you get out there, you’ll have more success because of what you’ve learned. The featured image above this post sort of […]
“I’ve always resonated with the saying about “setting your soul on fire” about being in a place of constant excitement and adventure. I resonate with these words because I’m afraid of the mundane. If I stop feeling the fire, does that mean that I am dead?” Untitled by Danielle Whims in Dig Deep: A Literary Magazine […]
Most of my life, I’ve kept my head down. I used my loudness to create a persona who was larger than life, strong, and not scared of anything, but on the inside, I didn’t feel enough. Although I was loud, seemed proud, and would present myself as super confident it was all hot airs, ‘cause […]
My dreams sometimes felt too fragile to share. So I kept them close to my heart in a mental glass case. Of course, your dream can’t breathe in there, so I’d end up stifling them and myself. In my moments of daring, when I told people about my dream to start a business and write […]
We just don’t notice how much complaining we do in a day. We are unaware of all the venting, the cup half full attitude, the complaining about the traffic. We’re so caught up in this habit of negativity that it seems reasonable and truthful – instead of a fabrication of our minds that we can […]
“I don’t know what I want.” “I don’t know how to start.” “I. DON’T. KNOW.” Boom, that just slammed the door in your face. Nope, your not allowed to proceed to the boulevard of dreams. You have the wrong ticket, so you’re stuck in the waiting room. The world is full of “I don’t know’s”, […]
Wasting my time trying to avoid those things I know I have to do to create a successful business, I am a PRO at this – with capital letters. What about you? I mean, who isn’t, right. Even my computer, a rickety old little Samsung computer (#noad), loves to procrastinate on any and all commands […]
Are you hiding in plain sight? Do you use your perfect standards as an excuse to not try? Are you so focused on your failures that you don’t even show up? Thinking “Things won’t go as expected” so I’m just going to stay right where I’m comfortable. Bailing out, and failing by default. Failing, when […]
Remember that coca-cola video? “Holidays are coming. Holidays are coming.” If not, here’s a reminder. My sister and I, our English wasn’t that great yet when we first saw this video as 9-year-olds, so we would sing, “hummadaysacomma. hummadaysacomma.” 😛 Ah, the innocence of youth. The holidays are approaching, and in these last couple of […]
Saying “no.” “Drawing the line.” “Putting your heels into the sand.” “Having boundaries.” “Standing up for yourself.” These are words that should get more repetition in your vocabulary, like Destiny’s Child’s: “No, No, No, NO!” [ BOUNDARIES ] It’s difficult to say no to people, especially when your no’s are met with theirs. YOU: “No, […]