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Beyond the Ice Age?
A little over two years ago, I started my Old School Journaling Blog. It provided me with a creative outlet to share my thoughts and stories…life lessons I picked up along the way as we all do. I also used this blog to share my first book, a collection of letters, stories, and poetry that,…
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Ted Talks and the Real Stories in Life
I’ve been working on my 100 day plan, which, so far, has included attending two of the recent Ted Cinema Experiences, where I was able to watch some of the 2017 Ted Talks live from my local theater. This year’s theme was about the future, spanning topics from data security to artificial intelligence to alternate…
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Those First 100 Days; Part II
As I have begun my journey of self-discovery, I started by examining patterns of places and things I’ve seen before. I immersed myself in repeating history over and over again (translation: I have watched marathon re-runs of Friends, Grey’s Anatomy, and CSI). Realizing there was only so much to be gained in laughing at Chandler…
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My First 100 Days Begin Today
Typically, as a business leader new to an organization, you come in and assess the current business environment, find opportunities for improvement, and begin to envision a strategy to make step changes for future success. The average number of days to see initial impact and results is around 100 days…though I’d argue there is no…
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“Gotta Have Faith”
In 2016, we were all sad to see so many iconic figures leave this world…reminding us all that as young as we feel, we all share the same human affliction of mortality. And as the last days of 2016 have come to a close, we’ve all kind of held our breath…after having heard, almost daily,…
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Life in Simplest of Terms…With a Tint of Rose
Loving Life Exactly as it Comes I never gave much thought to the old song by The Byrds, “Turn, turn, turn…to everything there is a season….a time to every purpose, under heaven.” It’s an adaptation from a biblical verse in Ecclesiastes, which talks about there being a season for everything. Always liked the tune, but…
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Life on the Ropes
(First published 12/2015) One of the many benefits of living and stretching out experiences over a lifetime is that you learn to take the good with the bad. After a few false starts and dips that feel like a permanent condition, you learn that you never completely fall down and even if you do, you get…
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Friends and Neighbors…and the Real World
What if we were next door neighbors instead of following each other on Twitter or Facebook? What if every action or word said was met with an equal or bigger reaction right next door every day? Instead of measuring by likes, shares, comments and images, what if your neighborhood suddenly became a scoreboard for every exchange…good…
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The Sunday Squirrel and Seasonal Baker…Fixin’ to Find the Holiday Spirit
I’m one of those seasonal bakers. It happens every year around this time. It begins with an otherwise disorganized kitchen and pantry, and is transformed into a well-oiled machine, with an assembly line-like set-up. It’s like one of those pop-up shops coming to life as I unfold the banquet table and set it up alongside…
Monarchs in the Making…every day treasures.
