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Tag: Goals
Is Journaling Worth It?
Thoughts on the value of keeping a thought record.
Words Matter Week March 2-8
Hello there! I’m glad you’re reading this right now. First a quick shout out to some of my more active readers: Thanks to Mike, Kris, Jeremy, Brenda, Michael, and Stuart. Please leave your links in the comments so others can visit your sites and enjoy your great writing. If you’re a writer, you may already…
Bonus: Cover Vote
Hey there! I’m very fortunate to be working with Dave Vasudevan in creating my upcoming book, Q-Thartik. The title is a word combo of Questions and Cathartic. He’s provided three gorgeous covers. I wanted to get your opinion first before I post this anywhere else. Have a favorite? I’d love to hear your thoughts on…
A Sense of Wonder
Hello faithful reader. Living in the same place for many years, made me complacent, comfortable, and even jaded. In the space where life and routine got upended, I tended to complain. why is my first reaction wanting to return to the way things were? “Missing the old ways” seems to be a common theme among…
Adjusting to the Compass
How do you know when it’s time to move? Either from one apartment to the next, to another city, or even across the country? After thirty-nine moves, I’m very tuned into YHVH on this. Five years ago this month, my husband began talking it up about moving. We even went to a place or two….
Seduced by Someday
Talking with a dear friend the other day, to catch up on our lives and goals. He had written a book but lacked the energy or motivation to market. Like many of us, he wanted to step into a readymade career the way we slip on a comfy, winter coat. He longed to hold regular…
Arise and Shine
Driving home in the hilly country after working a third shift job, James dozed off behind the wheel. His family became alarmed when he hadn’t returned and began calling his job and friends and finally the police. James was found in a ditch, onconscious, barely alive. They rushed him to a hospital where he was…
Opportunity: Triumphs or traps
You’ve set your goal, eliminated the biggest obstacles, and now you can set the cruise control and coast, right? If only that were true. Just as getting a degree takes a certain level of dedication and sacrifice, so does monitoring your trajectory. Many things will try to horn in and squander your time, under the…
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.
Juli Ocean 