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Unusually Ordinary

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. - Jim Rohn

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Groundhog Resolution Day 2019!

Its that time of year again. The 11th annual attempt at creating life-long habits for myself. I’ve discovered that because of the after the end-of-year holidays I am not mentally or physically capable of sticking with resolutions for the upcoming…

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Procrastinate

If at first you don’t succeed give up immediately. Move on to something else until that becomes unbearable. Then circle back to the first problem. By now, your subconscious will have worked on it and you are ready to go.

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What I Know

I don’t know much but I do know…

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Wasted Time

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were…

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“ I wanted to start over. I wanted a new life. The trouble was, I brought myself with me.” - Dean Ford

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I’m learning much more than anticipated when I am researching, preparing a novel and other short stories (still in progress). I have such an appreciation for those who are already published. Something we readers take for granted is the research…

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The Bible Tells Me So

Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.

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The Free Spirit and the Recluse

Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? Bruce Banner or Hulk? Harvey Dent or Two-Face? Or in my situation, the Free Spirit or the Recluse. All of us have at least two distinctive personalities inside of us. Mine is the free spirit…

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Now that I have completed my reading goal of fifty books this year, I am already making plans on next year’s goals. It won’t be fifty. It may be less than half that, I am not sure. The reasons are…

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GET OVER IT When I am in a mood or uninspired, I know myself well enough on how to change improve it. These aren’t revelations, just simple reminders. Thankfulness: You’ve had worse. Try recalling those worse moments and then remember…

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Music: Classic big bands, swing and jazz. Re-discovered thanks to a local radio station and Spotify Reading: Oath of Office, the next in Tom Clancy’s long running series Podcast: Short Stuff. Bite-sized at 15 minutes or less of varying interests.…

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And like what you do.

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And live for it.

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Distraction-Free Reading

When and how does anyone make the time? The simple answer is deliberately. There are plenty of mind-numbing, time-wasting activities out there but who wouldn’t want to get something out of it? One helpful tip is that “Airplane Mode” on…

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