Every Year I Pick a Word of the Year I pick a word that I want to incorporate into the coming year. Some past choices have been “adventure”, “joy”, “abundance”, “serendipity”, “thrive”. You probably see where I’m going here. I use my word of the year to infuse my planning with that feeling, attribute, etc. I have found this to be…
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Practice Creativity
Recently, I noticed a Facebook post from a local artist. In it, he was lamenting about how people are using their cell phone to take pictures and calling themselves photographers. Apparently this is something that really sticks in his craw, so to speak. His tone was so condescending. I don’t get it. I’m a photographer if I take photographs, I’m…
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Letting Go, Again
It seems the lessons in my life for the past few years are about “letting go”. I have been letting go of patterns, beliefs, behaviors and more than a few people; letting go of the idea that I need to look a certain way, or behave in a certain manner. Most of all, I have been letting go of what…
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Intention
I believe that words are super important. How we phrase things helps to create our reality and I really like to know theI wrote about this a while back, for a strategic planning tool that I created. Recently, the word ‘goal’ has been popping up all over the place, so I wanted to revisit this idea. I used to call…
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Begin
Making the most of a situation, means that you start where you are. If something is challenging, or you don’t have the things that you need to get started; start anyway. Move forward, any way that you can. Even the smallest step, is a step in the right direction. I could probably come up with a thousand more cliches about…
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