Mind
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2020 Running Year in Review
As with many people as the year comes to a close I look back on the year to see what I accomplished and set goals for the upcoming year. Since this is the first time I am doing this on my blog I feel the need to catch you up. I have always enjoyed running and yet when I was younger never participated in any running sports, although there was one field day in sixth grade where I was selected to run for my class. I couldn’t tell you the distance, maybe a quarter of a mile tops. I ran my hardest, and at the end I remember it being…
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Snow Skiing
As I have mentioned in other posts, I feel I am a late bloomer when it comes to taking on adventure and trying new things. An example is skiing. The first time I finally went skiing I was in my late 20’s. When I was younger my Dad talked about taking us but we never got around to it. In junior high and high school there were yearly day trips but that was something my family could not afford. In college one of my favorite professors, Dr. McGrellis was the ski club advisor. If I joined I could go for free by fundraising, a week in Vermont sounded wonderful but…
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Charlie Daniels
At the end of last school year my middle daughter needed to interview someone for her music class. Being stuck at home with little options there I was. We talked about music I like and the few concerts I have attended and then the question that really started my thinking was who is one artist you want to see in concert that you haven’t. Charlie Daniels came to mind immediately. I wanted to see him in concert since I was about nine years old. Logistics, timing and money prevented me from attending concerts when I was younger. Over the years I attended a few concerts that were held at small…
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Friendship
I always felt that I do not easily make friends. Sure there were days on the playground when you were invited to play with a group and I remember having an epic day but lasting friendships did not result. Over the years I connected with a person or two and developed some close relationships that always ended due to typical childhood drama and my lack of healthy relationships to mirror. There were a couple of friendships that dissolved due to moving but looking back they probably would have self-destructed eventually. So now that I am growing up I realize that I was always too giving to friendships for fear that…
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Goodbye To-Do-List
With our recent change in our daily life activities I have been struggling with my lack of productivity. As a person who is usually on the go working on tasks and chores that need tending to, not being productive is difficult for me. I have been mentally beating myself up that I am not using my new found home time as productively as I could. In an effort to get back in the groove, last week I made a huge to-do-list of all of the projects around the house I need to do and want to do. I thought this would motivate me into action, on the contrary I feel…
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Emergency Stop Button!
I started this endeavor of creating a blog over the Christmas holiday thinking I would have some time to get it done. I bookmarked a Facebook ad about how to create a blog and my Christmas break seemed like a good time to read it; little did I know it was a five-day class to have a blog up and running! I jumped in with both feet and I did it, but I didn’t stop there. I also started my first Twitter page I added a second Instagram changed my Pinterest to a business page and made a new page on my Facebook linking everything. Next, I wrote a couple…
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Organization Season
There are two times a year that get me excited, back to school and organization season. Every January I get excited when I see the aisle full of new storage containers. The possibilities are endless how I can more efficiently organize the stuff around my home and even my car. Seven years ago, I was provided with a blank slate after our house fire and I have made a point to use bins and label them to organize everything possible. While I feel I have a good system for all the stuff I feel there is a need for better organization for our chores. I have tried printed chore list…