One of the hardest lessons I had to learn, and I still struggle with today, is not doing everything for my family. When my son was younger, I might have done things to save time. Some of my family is not very technically savvy so, as I am on my computer for the better part […]
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Overall, I am positive person. I do not look at a glass half empty or half full – I look at it as I need more wine. I have learned long ago that it is up to me to take full accountability for my life. I am solely responsible for my failures and my
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I’m a limited care kinda girl. When my son was younger we played the “slug bug” game; but we couldn’t add many other types because I would get them wrong. So either I was slugging away for no reason or getting pummeled because I couldn’t recognize the right kind of cars. So we stuck to
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I will admit it; I have quit at many things over my lifetime. I’m not done, either. I am a quitter. I quit playing Horse with my son the day he could dunk. That was just no fun anymore, well, it was for him. I quit in relationships. When I felt I was
When did we start expecting perfection from ourselves? When did we start believing that mistakes and failures were fatal? When did we get so darn uptight? I’m perplexed. I am a human full of flaws which put together tell the story of me, my growth, my value, my lessons and my life. I am
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I think that people generally want to belong. We find friends of similar interests and mindsets. We are drawn to people like ourselves or that have qualities that we respect or identify with. There is a part of us that does like that alone time, but as a whole, we like to be around others
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December 6, 2013 I lost one of my fur-babies; my oldest pup, Micki. She bound into my life as an eight week old ball of fur and was a constant companion over the next 13 and a half years. She was with me through some major battles in my life always at my side,
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I attended a networking breakfast this morning. It was the speed dating style where everyone was assigned three separate tables and each person was given two minutes to introduce themselves to the rest of the table. I have never taken two minutes to give my “speech”. For this fact, most people are ok with
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I have a thing with vacuum cleaners. I have hardwood floors and carpets and a pack of dogs. My dogs shed, track mud, slobber and generally make all sorts of messes that make a vacuum cleaner an essential in my home. Actually, I had pup once that was mix of Sheppard and Husky that shed
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I see a lot of, well, let’s just say, not so great LinkedIn profiles. I have come to realize that most people do not dread writing their LinkedIn profile, they are afraid of it. The reason for the fear is the quality that LinkedIn offers: the ability to bring your personality to your profession.
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