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Illustrated dreams
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Is it time to come out of the closet?
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Suffering succotash!
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Little things – Serendipity
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Take a break… Really.
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Yes-today
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Thin slices of joy

Illustrated dreams

Are vision boards a thing of the past? Pinterest is really giant vision board playground. Has Pinterest made creating a real live one obsolete? I hope not.

Creating a vision board – and it doesn’t have to be a Read More

Is it time to come out of the closet?

Do you have a dream sitting on a shelf in your closet waiting for ‘one day’? Did you always want to paint? Play the piano? Learn French? Become a stand-up comic? (Remember the movie Punchline?)

It may well have been the right decision years ago to shelve that dream. You had the kids, husband and mortgage to think about. It was too risky, once you started your family. But, what’s stopping you Read More

Suffering succotash!

Oh, how we humans love to complain. We’ll complain about work, neighbors, food, service, traffic, prices. You name it, we can complain about it. Oh, and the weather! And then we turn it up a notch in winter, don’t you think? And then we turn Read More

Little things – Serendipity

Once, when I was a struggling student I had an opportunity to go to Ottawa with a group I was working with part-time. It was a business trip, junior though I was, and I was second choice. The prime candidate ended up being unable to go. But, it was Read More

Yes-today

There’s lots of stuff out there that deserves to be said “No” to – for example, almost anything that does not make you happy on some level or stresses you out is a definite no.  But if you think about it, do you sometimes say no when you don’t really have a good reason? Do make excuses because you’re feeling comfortable Read More

Thin slices of joy

It seems to me that there’s a big crush on finding happiness these days. Lots of talk about searching for it, pursuing it. Sometimes it sounds like happiness is only the result of a gigantic hunting expedition. In reality, I think it’s all around us. We just have to see it. Admittedly, the world can be Read More

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