Life Blog
If you get a penny for your thoughts, than I must have thousands of pennies. Read my thoughts about life, writing, and more.
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2024 has already been a year of changes. So far this year I’ve: started a new job, launched a new website, and sold my old car- and it’s only the second week of January. This might look chaotic from the outside, but it’s par for the course for me. Every few years I have a…
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I once had a dream that all my friends went to Montreal. I don’t know what brought on this dream, because I’ve never thought about the cit before, but now I think about it often. In my dream, it looked like a fantastic spot for a Girls’ Trip. It was late spring or early summer, judging…
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If there is one thing I can thank my LDS upbringing for, it’s my public speaking ability. From a young age, Mormon children practice public speaking in the form of prayer, “talks”, testimony, and lessons. By the time a Mormon reaches adulthood, they will have been had countless opportunities to speak, or sing, in front…
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Once upon a time, each year seemed to drag on. Each month feeling as separate and distinct from each other as winter as a decade. Now the year flies by in a blur of passing seasons- a kaleidoscope of changing leaves. It’s only when winter comes again, painting the landscape as white as a blank…
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There is a long list of things I should be doing now. I should be taking product photos and making new signs for my business. I should be building out the new website and working posting for promotion. I should be updating my resume and LinkedIn profiles and applying for jobs. I should be working…
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The girl next to me in the coffee shop is excited about her first marketing internship. When I entered the shop, she passed by me at the door, talking on the phone. After I had placed my coffee order, and took a seat at an empty table, she returned from her call- grinning ear to…
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I quit my job. After writing about it, thinking about it, and dreaming about it- I took the plunge and did it. I never thought I would actually follow through. No matter how tired, how stressed, and how fed up I have been- my financial anxiety always pulled me back from the edge. But on…
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I tried to keep a common place notebook. I already carry around a journal to record filled ideas, concepts, observations, and records of daily life- so why not extend that to include the inspiration I draw from others? It made sense for someone analog like me, but it didn’t work. I could never remember to…
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Once, I dreamed of being a teacher. At first, it was just because I loved school. As a kid we aren’t exposed to the realities of most professions, because we don’t see them first hand. Perhaps that’s why so many kids want to teach. It’s something they can wrap their heads around. So, if they…
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I never finish anything. It’s a fact about myself that I’ve come to accepted about myself, the same way I’ve accepted that I’ll always be short and my smile will always be uneven. It’s something that appears to be written into my DNA- the procrastinator gene. It’s not that I’ve given up, I just stop.…
Bringing Mae Flowers 