Nicole M. Miller

On Saturday, I needed to run some errands but I talked myself out of it… “There’s still Sunday! I have plenty of time on Sunday.” Well, Sunday happened to knock me out with a nasty head cold. So much for Sunday. My greatest enemy is the assumption of tomorrow. Whenever we stumble, we just say: I’ll start that diet, tomorrow. I’ll start that exercise plan, tomorrow. I’ll start that novel, tomorrow. I’ll work on that new business idea, tomorrow.  Well, gosh darn it. That’s not good enough. We can’t do everything in one day. But we need to fight off that excuse, that silly bit of reason that says “There’s...

NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, takes place every November. Thousands of writers hunker over keyboards as peer pressure oozes, trying to write 50,000 words in 30 days. I’ve done this for three years now… And for the first time, I struggled. I now understand how people with too much on their plate simply can’t get any writing done. (Now, that means you must take ownership of that and either clear your plate a bit, or settle for not writing much during that point of your life.) But now, I understand. November 2012 was chaotic for me, to say the least. Things at my day job were so overwhelming, that when I...

  Why do we hold so tightly to the things that make us the most miserable? Why do we complain about the worst things over and over and glaze over the good stuff? Why can’t we let go of things that hold us back from relaxing? Why do the simplest things drive us the most insane? I want to let go. I want to be free. I want to be the easy going one that people look forward to being around. I want to be love and light, but I hold onto darkness and guilt. I hold onto the things I have no control over, the things that won’t matter...

Observe with caution: the following photos might make you smile, laugh and/or be insanely jealous of my adorable dog. It’s understandable. She’s pretty darn cute. I hope this brings a little joy to you today. This dog, who believes with her whole heart that she is a lap dog despite the fact she weighs 70 pounds, brings so much joy to my life. I thought I’d be generous and share. I hope you enjoyed these! If you didn’t, then you might want to stop reading my blog. Seriously. You’ll see more of this dog, I promise you. 😉 Have a wonderful weekend! Much love, the proud owner of rescued pit...