Over a decade ago now I was packing up my bags and preparing for what I imagined would be the adventure of a lifetime. There were two things that gave me the drive, the excitement, and the courage to travel to the other side of the world. One was
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As I write this, I’ve just finished editing my first novel for self-publication. And when I say finished I mean really finished – after the months and months of writing, revising, rewriting, getting feedback from others, and editing, editing, editing – I’m done! Of course, there are always things I
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin I woke up on Canada Day in a slump. And I mean a big slump. An – I don’t want to do anything, I feel horribly listless about life in general type of slump. It was bad. I knew I had two options. I could
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I put on my coat, slip into my rainboots, and walk to the car with a spring in my step. We are on our way to see the capelin roll. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can learn more here. But in short, the capelin are
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My whole life I’ve struggled with being happy – or at least with being happy for any extended period of time. I’m sure I’m not alone in this. At times happiness seems like this elusive thing, in our grasp for one fleeting moment at a time. When I was a child
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The past two posts I’ve talked about fear and courage. My life has been filled with a lot of both of those lately. Yesterday I was trying to think about what was meaningful for me to share this week – I came up with nothing. Yesterday I also happened to
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In my last post I talked about fear. On the other side of that is the elusive little quality of spirit we call courage. Courage can come in many different forms. The pursuit of courage is part of why we watch movies, read books, and follow the tales of notable people.
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I’ve talked about fear before. For my faithful followers – remember the whole Pitch the Publisher scenario? Now that was scary. Some causes of fear you’re aware of – they loom before you, clouding your vision, preventing you from acting, perhaps enabling you with superhuman powers of procrastination. Other fears
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What’s that saying? April Showers Bring May Flowers? Well, what about when it doesn’t – not at all, not even a little bit – what about when April’s showers bring snow, ice fog and really cold drizzle that whips you in the face? I’ve always been the type of person
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