Life Unafraid
I learned the following life lessons from a six year old who has a far better handle on how to fully live life than most adults I know. How much better would the quality of our lives be if we really embraced these things?
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My Year in Review – 2011 Revisited
This website may only have been up for a few weeks, but I’ve been a busy bee this past year with other projects. So for all of you that are new to what I’m doing and want the skinny on how this past year brought me to where I am, this post will bring you up to date. And for those of you who have followed me on the rollercoaster ride of this past year, and may be wondering how I really think it went, here’s all the deets.
A few days ago my great friend and mentor Lissa Rankin (read further to see her part in this past year) posted her own year in review and challenged others to do the same, with emphasis on two questions.
- • What went well in 2011?
- • What did not go well in 2011?
With those questions in mind, and with open and honest reflection, here is a review of how I feel about the past year.
What Went Well in 2011
I finished writing my 100,000+ word novel. This happened within the first few days of the calendar year, and was no small feat. I had started it and stopped it about 53 times since 2006. At one point I lamented to a friend that the story was bigger than me and needed a better writer to write it, and I nearly gave up all together. Then midway through 2010 I found myself stuck at home recovering from back-to-back surgeries (1 planned, 1 emergency unplanned), and decided once and for all that I was going to finish my book. I cancelled my phone, internet, and cable and spent the next six months writing. When I finished it, at 4am on a Wednesday, I felt the greatest sense of satisfaction and accomplishment that I think I’ve ever known.
I hired a life coach to help me evaluate every area of my life. This turned out to be not only the best decision I made in 2011, but the best decision I’ve made in the past 32 years. Lissa, (mentioned earlier), helped me to see all the ways in which my life had gone askew. There isn’t enough time in the day to accurately express how completely she helped me change my life. We worked closely together on my professional life, my personal life, and everything in between. No stone left unturned. And as it turns out, most of those stones needed to be turned and moved around so I could figure out who I was authentically, what my message was, and how I truly wanted to live this life. She helped me set the foundation for my dreams, so that in 2012 I’ll be ready to build on that foundation.
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Consider The Acorn: Change, Potential, and the Ability To Receive
Originally published on Owning Pink.
Something big is afoot. I’ve been saying it all year. The minute 2011 trumpeted its way in, I knew. I could just feel it. Change was in the air.
And I was not happy about it.
So I crossed my arms and shook my head and said, “Sorry Change, go knock on someone else’s door, I’m not having it,” and closed the door on Change to continue with my comfortable — and safe — little routine. Meanwhile, Change pitched a tent out in my front yard and taunted me from a distance. I would peer at it through the curtains, but refused to engage it in any way — and we danced around each other in this manner for quite awhile.
Then I made my mistake (which actually wasn’t a mistake at all).
April
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