Do You Have a Vision Board?

True to form for artistic things, I was late to the party when it came to creating a vision board for my future. After decades without a vision board, I wondered if I should waste my time planning and envisioning my future, or what’s left of it. But one of … Read more…

Missed Goals? No Big Deal…

Sometimes we stress ourselves out by setting goals that aren’t even ours! It’s hard enough when goals are our choices and we fall short. When they’re not ours, it can be an emotional disaster waiting to happen, depending on just how unrealistic for us they were. Goal setting is always … Read more…

Setting Goals or Making Wishes

I think most of the people I’ve known over the years laugh at making New Year’s Resolutions. Yet many do make a list every year and even get started on them, only to fizzle out. From past experience, I know none of those silly things on my list are going … Read more…

Moving Forward?

I’ve been told more than once lately that I need to move forward and get on with the rest of my life. Since I don’t talk about personal things very much or whine often, the chiding is coming mostly from a few folks who are pretty close to me. As … Read more…

It Takes Whatever It Takes

It can be difficult to achieve goals, especially when there is no support from family members and only a little, rather bemused understanding from the rest of your group. Much of the time, you’re “it” and if you want to get somewhere, you have to really want or need to get … Read more…

Feelings Make Us What We Are

Feelings, good or bad, make us what we are, make us human. That said, I strongly disagree with those who insist that members of the animal kingdom do not have any feelings. They do, as anyone who has truly observed cats, dogs, horses, elephants and other “creatures” can testify. Not … Read more…