The thing about goals is that in order to get them done one must buckle down and tackle them. It's all too easy to keep putting them off. I'm too tired. I had a busy day. Visiting with family and friends is more important. I needed to do chores...or buy groceries...or pay bills. The list …
Author: VirgSpeaks
The Challenge of Social Media
This is a difficult subject for me to blog about. For one, I am definitely not an expert when it comes to any of it. Two, there are so many platforms or apps out there that it's difficult to learn them all. Three, there is just not enough time in my day to even begin …
Vacations Are Restorative
Vacations are, or should be, restorative. Don't you think? For years, I took vacations to catch up on life. I would carefully carve out a date and then, when approved, spend the week catching up on everything I couldn't get done while working a 40-hour week. I would run errands, schedule long put-off doctor appointments, …
Kind World
There's a world of kindness in every day. It greet us in ways we least expect. The co-worker who offers to take our mail down the hall for us. The driver who lets us in their lane once we've discovered we're in the wrong one. The shopper in line with 10-15 items who lets us …
Writing On Empty
What does a writer do when exhaustion outweighs the creative thought process? Write or not write. What gets a writer to weigh in and decide that writing is more important than needed rest and a few more winks? Is it meeting a writing goal? Is it being stubborn about not letting other stuff get in …
The Writing Life
How many of you can say you expected to be promoting yourself as a writer? Whether you are a blogger, published author, or freelance writer, would you say that it might be a good idea if you had taken marketing in school? Do you even think there is a college degree out there that offers …
October Days & Fitness
October days. Now, these are the days that bring a fresh wave of nostalgia to the air. Hot summer days are a thing of the past, and cold winter days are not quite here yet. It's time to slow down and watch the leaves fall, wave at everyone...well, since we can't really see smiles right …
Taking Care of Self
Sometimes weekends bring surprises. This weekend was spent mostly at our future retirement place. I took Friday off work and left early, so I would have plenty of time to run a few errands in town, unload some of the boxes and bins I took along to our storage, and do some writing. There is …
Plan To Be Surprised
Yes, this title is from the movie, "Dan In Real Life" starring Steve Carrell. Before this movie, I didn't even know who Steve Carrell was, but I knew that I loved the message of the movie. Plan to be surprised. The thing about life is that everything is always changing. You start out your day …