An author in my writer’s circle posed a deep-dive question: Why Do You Write? This question has been asked of me before, though not often. This time, I realized that my answer didn’t really tell the whole story. My father was in publishing and an amazing story teller. Years before I discovered Mark Twain and…
Category: Finish Strong
Whatever you begin, a projects, book, circumstances or difficulty to the end
What Mattered Then?
Where were you in October of 2019? What were you doing? What were you thinking about? What were you worried about? My business was in its early stages, I was a few months into college-level classes, and two new clients were starting new books within weeks of each other. My semi-retired husband was the primary…
Disappearing Act vs. Finishing well
I once took a job that lasted about three hours. My trainer showed me the ropes and because of my restaurant experience, left me to do my job. Suddenly overwhelmed with the knowledge that this was a really bad fit. I began planning my escape. Instead of waiting to the end of my shift, I…
Staying on track
Many of us already know that resolutions rarely have the sticking power in and of themselves to carry us through twelve months. Like me, you may have stopped making them. Halfway to spring is the perfect time to renew our intentions! This year, a new friend sent me a page about setting intentions. A series…
Little Steps Big Results
In my writing journey, amid reading a ton of books, I came across one of the most prolific new authors I ever had the pleasure to read. An internet search revealed she’d written a dozen books. She had a sharp-looking website, a social media platform that reached around the world, and everywhere I looked, there…
Living Sooner
Mila, a devoted wife and mother of adult children found herself late in life the caretaker of her aging and mentally deteriorating husband. Although the children visited as often as they could, naturally the bulk of the time spent caring for him fell to her. Despite her being pleasant and accommodating, he was often demanding…
When Little Things Matter
Hey, thanks for stopping to read this. I’ve been a little sporadic lately, the posts haven’t been going up twice a month as I had promised. And for that, I apologize. Like millions of other people, I did my level best to be bullet-proof. But I’m not. It really hit me after graduation. It’s like…
Bittersweet
I expected that over the following months, there would be a number of reality shifts.
Keep Going
I have been at the end of myself more times than I care to admit. And, in talking with a friend last night, you’d think that someone who got as beat up by life as I did, would have given up by now. But, I’m not a quitter. I don’t even know what that would…
Powering Through
One summer, my husband I bought a Kayak. I’d done a lot of research and found an inflatable one with excellent reviews that fit our budget and space constraints. We had both canoed before, and Jack had once owned a sailboat. A kayak is a little different, and an inflatable differs from a hard body….
New Beginnings
Wherever you find yourself in your life, remember to celebrate the ending of old chapters and the beginning of new ones!
When the Wave Crashes Over You
When the day to day becomes like a tidal wave threatening to pull you under how do you cope? This occasionally happens to all of us sooner or later, that overwhelm engulfs even the most self-aware among us. I wanted to be “on” for the people I was meeting for the first time and the…
Juli Ocean 