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Twenty-Four Year Old Goals
Twenty-four year old goals. Arielle Rausin is the featured writer for this month’s VOICES post! I’m excited to announce that Arielle and I are working on a novel together! She’s always been my go-to person for all my scenes involving a character using a wheelchair, and finally, I’ve convinced her to be my writing partner. She’s used to me motivating (nagging) her to get things done so it will be just like old times! Arielle’s also working on some great interviews for future VOICES posts. You can subscribe at the bottom of this post, and you won’t miss them. Can you tell I’m a proud mama? Look out Kai Rausin!…
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Decide
To decide or not decide. I’m an expert at thinking things over for an indiscriminate amount of time. There’s freedom in deciding not to decide. I can dip my toe in the water and then take time to think some more. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow…
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Commitment Plus Effort Equals Success
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” William Shakespeare Commitment Next month my husband Eric and I will have been together for twenty-eight years. We’ve reached a point in our relationship where I’m thinking something, and he’ll suddenly bring up the subject I was thinking of. Or we speak the same sentence at exactly the same time–like the other night at dinner which really freaked out our daughter. “Creepy.” We know what irritates each other and we know how to resolve conflicts fairly easily or in other words, Eric knows exactly what to say to appease me. “Would you like me to call someone to repair the…
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Outer Goals vs. Inner Goals For 2016
Happy New Year! There’s magic in beginnings. A new year brings reflection and hope.
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Believe In Yourself
That little voice inside that says you’re not good enough; you’ll never do it, it’s too difficult, you don’t deserve it, is fear. Plain and simple fear. Because what if you fail? What if trying and failing leaves you feeling weak? Embarrassed? Setting goals takes vulnerability, but it’s in that vulnerability that we grow. It’s about having the courage to fall, get back up, brush yourself off and say, “I’m going to try again.”
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Do What You Love
I’ve been asked by several people, “why do you do it?” Why do I take on challenges instead of living my life with a perpetual routine? Right now, I’m training for a marathon, teaching, and editing my novel.
