“Do something every day that you don’t want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.” -Mark Twain We all have those things that we really don’t like to do, like chores around the house, going to work, or spending yet another Saturday at your kid’s [...]

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” -Albert Einstein “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” -Wayne Dyer “Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.” -Jim Rohn These quotes are all variations of the same [...]

Okay okay, here’s what Honest Abe actually said: “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” Close enough, no? Well anyway, this quote reminds me of another – “Slow and steady wins the race.” Both of which are WAY outside of my reality, and that’s not good! This has always been a challenge for me, [...]

We all have our heavy duty bucket lists that include skydiving, scuba diving a shipwreck, and other big crazy fun events. What about the small things that you want to do on a daily basis? Those are just as important. In fact, I’d say they’re MORE important than the big ones because let’s face it, [...]

I was doing some work at a coffee shop the other day and at one point I suddenly had the urge to look over at a table about 10 feet away. An old Chinese man was looking at the screen saver on my laptop, then he looked at me as he smiled and nodded. So [...]

I have really been trying to go with what my gut tells me for the past eight years or so. I’m no master, and questions still arise, but I have a simple system that you can use if you’re having trouble figuring out how to do it. 1) Stop. Stop everything that you’re doing when [...]

First dates can often be awkward, but they don’t have to be. Chances are that you’ve been on a blind date, either set up through a friend or online (like Match.com), or you’re trying to set up one of your single friends (in which case you need to forward this to them). Some of those dates [...]

Sam Davidson is part of Reverb10, which is an online event dedicated to reflecting on 2010 and manifesting what is to come in 2011. Sam contributed this question: “What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your [...]

Today’s Reverb10 prompt comes from Martha Mihalick – “How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst?” I have had so many friends teach me so many things this past year, and that’s making this post really difficult to write! There is [...]

Today’s #Reverb10 question comes from Victoria Klein: “What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it?” For me, it’s people. More specifically, it’s relationships with people. Even more specifically, it’s connections and moments with people. I have really come to appreciate those moments [...]