Change and uncertainty are major stresses for most of us, and two things we’re bound to experience plenty of in this life. So, stop getting all freaked out when the unexpected occurs and shift your focus to managing the uncertainty and thriving despite it. Come on now, you can do this. Start by changing how [...]
Each week I make a to-do list with a naive certainty that everything will come to pass. I act like nothing else will come into my life at exactly 8:30 when it’s time to write the blog post, or that my husband will always walk in at 4:15, or that I’ll find just what I [...]
Perseverance. Determination. Persistence. Any quality that keeps you going despite adversity and challenge is the difference between success and mediocrity. It’s also crucial when it comes to living our biggest lives and achieving our greatest goals. Here are five ways to persist and keep moving toward your goals. Assess the goal. Make sure what you [...]
I just finished writing a book. It took two months to finish the first draft, but really, I’ve been working on this for a lifetime. In the second grade I realized that I was a writer who would one day write a book or a bunch of them. It wasn’t a decision. It was a [...]
Saturday, I was back in corner room, the one with the computer cursor blinking and the desk piled with three-week old newspapers and bill statements and books and my calendar book with dates already filled in for November. I was in the office, where I’ve been every weekend for nearly two months. Working on my [...]
Here’s something from the No Big Surprise File: New research indicates that the brains of older people may actually be more efficient. Still, I’m amazed and annoyed by how often we talk around older people – as though they can’t hear what we’re saying or won’t get it anyhow. It’s a bad habit and downright [...]
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” Mahatma Gandhi Take a minute today, to think about the sacrifices, commitments, choices, and mistakes that have been made by you and others to get you where you are today. Your life is a reflection of all those things. Pause [...]
Many years ago, I began training in martial arts. It was purely unintentional: I was on my way to the liquor store, and I looked up and I saw the sign: New Horizons Black Belt Academy of Taekwondo. This was a literal sign as well as a figurative one; I had seen it before in [...]
“We need another 10 pages in two weeks,” said the publisher. “Then, we’ll go from there.” We were on the phone so they couldn’t see me shrug and run my fingers through my hair in frustration. Another 10, another two weeks. More work. More waiting. More uncertainty. I’m not sure I can give them what [...]
There isn’t any one thing you have to do to become more resilient. Instead, there is a group of qualities you can draw on. Some, come more naturally than others. But, those you aren’t so good at can be strengthened. That’s the cool thing about resilience – you can get stronger. It doesn’t mean that [...]
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