Tag: motivation

  • Discovering – and remembering – your true identity

    SHAKEN: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms, by Tim Tebow and AJ Gregory I’ve always liked Tim Tebow. While I could never cheer for the Florida Gators, Tebow’s charm and optimism have always been contagious. Face it — how could you not pull for a talented athlete who is so passionate…

  • What are you shooting for —

    How’s 2017? Do you have some goals that you are hoping to achieve in the future? I saw this quote today and had to rethink a few of my goals.  Am I aiming high enough? Is there something bigger and better I should be shooting for?  Am I settling for the good when I should be…

  • Monday Music Motivation — The Black Kids!

    What music keeps you going at the gym?   Is it some good 70’s funk? Maybe you need a New Wave blast from the 80’s. Hip hop, dance music or punk rock…what’s your choice? Today, that elliptical machine was taunting me when I walked in the gym.  I reallydidn’t want to be there!  It was…

  • Monday Motivation – You can’t wait for inspiration…

    Have you ever just sat, looking at a blank page?  You have the paints and the canvas but no vision?  You got up early to write that song, start that new chapter, build that furniture, but then your mind just hits a blank? I think every creative person knows that struggle. Today’s Monday Motivation comes…

  • #WednesdayWorkout

    #WednesdayWorkout

    Not a lot of time to write today – gotta run off to the gym!  Do you need a little music motivation workout song for your Wednesday?  How about a little Phoenix! This song is a perfect beat for the elliptical and guaranteed to make you smile a bit while you’re working out! Here’s 1901!

  • Wise words from The Greatest…

    Wise words from The Greatest…

    Rest in Peace sir …  

  • Every morning…permission to dream

    Every morning…permission to dream

    Since I was a young child, I have always loved mornings. Cup of coffee, chilly air, birds chirping, indirect light – I love it all. Two different times, I’ve been able to live above coffee shops. I would awake to the sound of people laughing or having conversations, which would cause me to jump out…

  • Prioritizing — and some Snow Patrol!

    Prioritizing — and some Snow Patrol!

    It’s been too long since I’ve been to the gym. A conference. A work trip. A sore foot. Life. Excuse. Excuse. Excuse. Excuse. What I’ve realized is, when I don’t go to the gym, I have a tendency to be terribly crabby to my husband!  Since we’re together about 90% of the time, he’s the…