Tag Archives: writing
In the Vein of Being Public with My Goals
Posted on 02. May, 2010 by Deb.
It’s Sunday morning. It’s the perfect day for sleeping in thanks to the cloudy skies and the almost-rainy feeling in the air, My body is doing that lanquid pull back to my bed, insisting that the mattress is what Goldilocks would wish for (not too soft but not too hard) and the sheets have that [...]
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Laundry List
Posted on 04. Apr, 2010 by Deb.
I was fortunate to spend a portion of my time in one of my favorite places these past few days: the Courtyard of the Hotel Monaco.
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(this photo taken in September 2008; not much has changed since then)
I didn’t get to spend as much time there as I would have liked, but part of traveling [...]
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Storytelling
Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by Deb.
I have always been fascinated by stories. It’s the basis of what makes up lives, really, the moments that are remembered as so important or humorous that we retell it to our children and our friends. My favorite early stories came from family members and I especially loved listening to stories my grandmother told. [...]
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Instead of Sheep
Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
If you are a lover of old movies, you may recall this from White Christmas….
If you’re worried and you can’t sleep
just count your blessings instead of sheep
and you’ll fall asleep, counting your blessings..
It’s good advice, even if it came from the mind of Irving Berlin and the lips of Bing Crosby. Over a year ago, [...]
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Yeah, On That Creativity Thing
Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
The Ruminator posted tonight about the “blogging lite” exercise of late he has been involved in. And I full understand many of the things he talked about and it fishtails in some ways with a conversation I had with Melissa today (brainstorming during pedicures is the best). Work overtaking so much of your brain, [...]
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writing week: day 1
Posted on 21. Apr, 2008 by Deb.
I haven’t exactly written anything today, my mind is still going 90 to nothing and jumping topics. It’s Writer’s Block in some ways, but not quite the same. I can’t focus long enough to write much more than a sentence today. I think because I am tired….since I didn’t go to bed until after [...]
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GTD, Writing, and Courage
Posted on 26. Dec, 2007 by Deb.
Earlier this year (or was it last year?), Lor recommended a book by David Allen called “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity”. Since I tend to have spells of too much on my plate….and want to get more done each day, I looked into it. It’s a truly fabulous [...]