Archive for October, 2008

Couldn’t Have Said it Better Myself: October

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

You guessed it! Time for another peek into what really makes me tick when it comes to reading blog posts, and better yet - what I hope you’ll get value from reading too. Consider me your own personal Google Reader for the day.
There are several themes I want to highlight this month: with the economy […]

I FINISHED MY MARATHON!!!

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

I finished my marathon! And I’m alive! And I ran the entire time! Okay - so I’m really excited about this - can you tell?!
I spent 6 hours and 20 minutes today pounding pavement, mostly having fun but also in pain and ready to be done for pretty much ALL of the last TEN miles. […]

Setting (and Cashing in On) a Frivolous “Reward” Goal

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Five years ago I set a very specific, written goal. Filling up an entire page of my journal with big expansive text, I wrote the following: “On October 9, 2008 (my birthday) I will buy myself a diamond right-hand ring worth at least $2,000.” Oh, the frivolity! I set a number of other more serious […]

Lessons from a Day of Bugs

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Yesterday was the day of bugs. I’ll tell you how this relates to my blog in a minute.
For starters, in the morning as I went to grab my bike and leave for work, a small brown spider scuffled across the inside of my helmet. Panicked, I dropped the helmet and to my terror LOST THE […]

You Already Have Everything You Need

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you do with it.”
What if I told you that you already have all of the skills, resources and talent you need to pursue what you really want?
What if you already knew all the right people?
What if your current job was the perfect one to equip you with the […]