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7 Ways to Get a Life vs Lifestyle!

7 Ways to Get a Life vs Lifestyle!

Are you working for a life or are you working for a lifestyle? Several key questions to ask yourself:  1) How much of your income is needed to maintain your lifestyle? 2) Do you have financial and emotional super reserves?  3) Is maintaining your "seen"...

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The Portable Coach – Selfishness

The Portable Coach – Selfishness

I first read this book, The Portable Coach, by Thomas Leonard, founder of Coach University in 2003, and multiple times since then (dare I say I bought the audio version too, for those long solo runs). It is a book that taught me to break several negative patterns and...

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Sundays!

Sundays!

Don't you just love Sundays?  I do!  The day when you can take it easy, walk on the beach or through the neighborhood, take a yoga class, go to church and just enjoy the day.  It took me a long time to learn how to rest, enjoy and take a little time out for myself to...

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The Silent Sister!

The Silent Sister!

June 2016 - Book of the month! The Silent Sister,  written by Diane Chamberlain.   The setting is New Bern, NC. A beautiful little town I visit often. I so connected with the restaurants, the rivers, the people with the  "southern culture/mentality" she describes in...

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Bean Town aka Boston

Bean Town aka Boston

Etching and sketching ~Boston is one of my favorite cities in the US and also a place to learn about US history.  This museum was a place to learn about the Boston Tea Party which took place on December 16th, 1773.  "It was a protest by the American Colonists against...

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