Lessons of a life lived thankfully.
Today I turn 35 years old. And, to celebrate one helluva trip around the sun over the past year (think 180 degrees of reinventing myself & taking back control of my own happiness), I'm dusting off the virtual pen-pad... yep, it's time to start writing again. Before jumping straight into life as it is right …
My day job is an exiting one. In the course of a day I get to be part storyteller, part creative, part strategist, part marketing geek, part student, and part teacher. Because my role is focused on the complicated world of social media as a whole, I'm most often defined as "our social guru". The …
Today was a crappy day. Well, for someone as perennially happy as I usually am, it was. Up at the crack of dawn and in to the office hours before most, I really did start off with a smile on my face. Really, I did. I was expecting rainbows, not storm clouds. But, with one …
Hello there, Monday. Here we are again. Another early morning. Another early start. Everyone on the bus today looked like they'd been dragged from warmer, more secure dreams to fave another week. And, looking around, only a few people looked pretty happy to be blessed with the promise of more time above ground. I wanted …
You know those people in life who constantly make you feel new, fresh, and curious? They make us all feel alive. They make us delve deeper in the everyday world. They force us outside of our comfort zones. And they ask deep, probing questions that go far below the surface. While these folks might both …
The gym. A place where dreams are made, goals are set, bodies are ripped, sweat is dripped, and everyone has a story about why the heck they're here instead of anywhere else in the world. For most of my adult life I've been a member of a gym. My reasons for joining gyms - and …
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Excuse me while I share a piece of my mind.I recently saw a photo of a group of 5 rednecks (I love rednecks, by the way) sitting at a Sonic Burger eating their lunch in peace with a nonchalant air about them as they slurped up their Coca-Colas and Mr Pibbs. Most of the time, …
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Isn't it a curious thing - the pace of life? Somedays seem like a sprint from beginning to end, while others are easy, tempered with moments of reflection. If time is measured on the rate of change, then surely the speed of life is that which dictates our age. Somedays, weary to the bone. Others, …
At some point on the 25th of December, just before four friends from the USA arrived for two weeks of fun and adventures, my mobile photo data for the month came to an end. Yep, somehow I'd used up every last mega-giga-micro bite thingy that I'm allotted each month. I've never in my adult life …
Continue reading "The unintended (happy) consequences of running out of data"
As the clock struck midnight and 2013 turned into 2014, I looked around me and took in as much of the moment as I could and hugged my loved ones. There were fireworks exploding above us, Â a cheering crowd surrounding us, and icy cold champagne in abundance. Yes! This is the stuff life is made …
