Learning from Failure

Learning from Failure

We all fail. We all try new things and have them just not work out the way you expected. But that doesn’t mean that you throw away what you did and never look at it again. You need to stop, take a good hard look at what you did and why it didn’t work and see what you...
Find Your Joy

Find Your Joy

Have you ever been so excited by a seminar or talk you attended that you just want to share it all with whoever will listen to you? But then, when you finally get someone to listen, it’s all just a jumbled mess of thoughts and impressions, bits and pieces floating...
Prioritizing

Prioritizing

So what are you doing today? It’s the question my husband asks me every morning as we’re getting up, having coffee and beginning to think about the day ahead. Usually, I’ve got a list of things I need to get done—I’m a strong believer in To Do lists. I keep a weekly...
Something unusual to consider

Something unusual to consider

I’m not much of a gamer. I play a few stupid little puzzle games and card games on my phone. Every once in a while, I’ll play a mystery game where you have to solve puzzles to solve a simple mystery. And… that’s about it. My kids,...
Getting Through the Mid-Book Slump

Getting Through the Mid-Book Slump

The mid-book slump. We all experience it. In the past week, I’ve seen three people on Facebook asking others for advice on this phenomenon. They’ve written to the middle or nearly to the middle of their book and they’re bored or they’ve run out of ideas or they’re...