“Start before you’re ready.” Coaches, gurus, and other inspirational folks often spout this advice, and I fully believe in it. Delaying the launch often equals resistance to manifesting our passion project in the world. It takes the form of statements like “I can’t start until…
Category: Basics
I belong to the best little writing group. We meet once a month, reading each other’s work and offering a variety of edits. After offering our words to the group, we dive in like raptors to pounce on weaknesses, sharpen the focus and rip open…
Stamina, otherwise known as the ability to keep going, runs through the blood of every successful creative and business person. We build our stamina bit by bit, training ourselves to do the work to reach our goals. But why do we take the time to…
Yesterday, I took the dogs for a walk. Rain and snow had left the road covered in a treacherous mixture of wet asphalt and black ice. Areas where shadows remained the day before still retained white ice spread across the road, and snow coated the…
Should. This familiar word wraps me up in its arms and holds me close, filling me with guilt and comforting me with an apology to the world. It’s familiar in its unrelenting judgment. The addictive powers of Should pull me into their welcome grasp and…
I was walking the dogs the other day and accidentally dropped Ty’s leash. At the time, I was focusing solely on inserting our other dog’s poop pile in a plastic bag and didn’t even realize I’d lost it. Ty, our little terrier, walked and sniffed…
My knitting group met at the cutest little coffee shop. Every Saturday morning, I’d arrive at 10am. I’d grab a cup of tea and maybe even one of the delectable snick-snacks that they offered. And then, we grabbed up a table or two and would…
Three years ago, my wife had a stroke and ended up in a rehab center. Everything seemed awful and I didn’t know what was going to happen. This crisis tanked the small business I was attempting to get off the ground, so we had no…
Last Friday, I took a couple of hours off and my wife and I drove up onto the Blue Ridge Highway. The trees, as promised, showed off their autumn color – brilliant magenta, deep rust, bright yellow, and even a sneaky little celadon beaming from…
Now that we’re a little over half-way through October, I can see the holidays rushing towards me like a tsunami. Ten days until Halloween, thirty-six days until Thanksgiving, and then December is here with holiday parties, gifts to be created and given, and all sorts…