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Wise This Is

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“Never envy someone who is better than you. It will stop you from looking at how they do it.”
— Gianpiero Petriglieri

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*Original Photo by Jim Tegman on Unsplash*

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For My Aunt

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, family, J.R.R. Tolkien, quotes, remembrance, Thoughts on September 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen
Of meadow flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair
I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see
For still there are so many things
That I have never seen
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green
I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know
But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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Bilbo It Up

Posted in Favorites, Likes, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, courage, dragons, inspiration, Patrick Rothfuss, quotes, Thoughts, Writers on September 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

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Projects In Progress

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, design, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, writing on August 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“Just because things hadn’t gone the way I had planned didn’t necessarily mean they had gone wrong.”
― Ann Patchett

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On Action

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, inspiration, life, quotes, social psychology, Thoughts, writing on August 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“When we feel powerful, it leads us to act. When we feel powerless, we don’t act.”
— Amy Cuddy

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Adultitude

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, family, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts on August 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »

My nephew is one of the thousands of young adults starting college this fall. I’ve seen a lot of “things I wish I’d known” and “advice for the college-bound” articles, some of which are on point for this thoughtful, capable, and confident kid, some not as much.

There’s the obvious, of course: be kind, don’t drink too much, call if you need bail money, that sort of thing.

All good advice.

But if I had to boil the foundations of a constructive mindset down to just one thing? I saw this quote the other day and thought it was pretty on point:

No matter who or what or where they are,

“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.”
― Bill Nye

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Sorry, Monday, I’m Staying Positive

Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, yay on July 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“Life, a good life, a great life is about “Why not?” May we never forget it.”
― Danielle Steel

*Original Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash*

Oh look, I’ve used this quote before. Guess it must be true:) Bonus quote!

“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

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That I Can Do

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, quotes, Thoughts, Tuesdays, work on June 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Hmm, Tuesday. What to write?

Do I have a draft of anything started?

(checks draft folder) No.

Do I have an idea for an interesting topic? Sure. Time to expand on it? Not so much.

New experiments in food and/or art?

Nothing ready to share.

Cute pictures of the cat?

No. Let’s face it, our cat is more fiend than fluff ball.

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Inspirational quote about work plus adorable stock imagery?

That I can do.

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I’ve probably used this quote before. Still relevant!

“Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don’t drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor’s yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back to the newspaper.”
― Anne Lamott