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thankful thursday: week five

January 31, 2013 confessions, thankful thursdays

Being thankful helps me live in the moment. Taking the time to pause and examine the gifts in life keeps me from just rushing onto the next thing. And the next, and the next. Ann Voskamp writes, “Maybe it is the hurt that drives us on? For all our frienzied running seemingly towards something, could it be that we are in fact fleeing—desperately to escape pain that pursues?” Well, this struck a nerve for me. I’m usually running from silence and stillness and running towards doing anyhting to keep my hands busy. I don’t think that is necessarily a good thing. So, as Voskamp says, “I don’t want more time;...

confession: the three Nicoles

January 30, 2013 confessions

I’ve always had that “something else” that I am doing. I don’t just mean a hobby, I mean a project that I have worked on enough to where that would be my dream career. Namely, writing. Since sixth grade, I’ve written novels and my dream has always been to write full-time. Thus, the journalism major, the freelancing jobs… But reality of course sets in and I have to pay the bills. So I took the administrative position as my “day job” and have had a “day job” since. I heard once that anyone who refers to their job as a “day job” isn’t really planning on being there forever. I...

confessions: the great mouse hunt

January 29, 2013 confessions

Considering that I grew up watching Fievel Goes West, the Great Mouse Detective and Tom & Jerry, you might be surprised at how desperately I wanted one simple creature vanquished from this earth. First, there were the occasional mouse droppings in the laundry room. Not okay. Then, whole bags of sugar, popcorn and even macaroni were torn apart. This meant war. I started my counter-offensive by clearing out all the perishable food and stowing things in plastic containers. Cardboard meant nothing to this super-powered mouse. He still found a way into boxes of food and then encroached on my kitchen. I found mouse droppings inside my oven. The oven! {Let...

confessions: a few of my favorite things

January 25, 2013 confessions, Writing

Though I’m a bit of a blog addict, there are several blogs out there that I regularly recommend for various reasons. Here is a collection of them and who might be interested in said blogs: For leadership/productivity:     Michael Hyatt   For general life perspectives:      Storyline Blog – Don Miller & Friends   For a satirical look at Christian living:     Stuff Christians Like    For a laugh:        The Oatmeal (caution: does contain language and material some might find offensive. Not for the faint of heart.)    For Social Media/Marketing advice:              Social Media Examiner   What are...