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Learning new things

My first attempt at CS5's onscreen color mixing I took Sunday off from any chores or goal-oriented tasks. Instead I played – Adobe Photoshop CS5 and metal clay. Both were surprisingly tricky! And my...

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The last white room

Perhaps it’s been all the talk about the world ending, but for some reason I’ve felt the need to make more progress on my house projects this week. Well, actually the real reason is the teen-age puppy...

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The silver lining

The headlines this week were all about the stagnant economy.  Not particularly good news when you want to sell people the ‘extras’ in life – things they can clearly survive without. But I take that to...

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Feast or famine

It seems that things never happen at a steady pace. There is either dead silence, boredom, and nothing to do or too much to keep up with. I’ve been hit with the latter over the last 2 weeks; I changed...

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Maui Meditations – Sample

Now available on Amazon for Kindle and Kindle apps -  a small sample is posted below.   Find it on Amazon – free to borrow for Prime Members for a limited time! Technorati Tags: ebook sample, Maui...

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What Your Horoscope Can Really Tell You

As strange as it sounds, the paranormal end of things can be a readily accessible and useful tool.  Not because they can or can not predict the future (I’m not going there!)  but because how you react...

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How to Live a Joyful Life

It’s funny how people tend to focus on the big moments and major events in life as being the most joyful; things like graduation,weddings, etc.  These should be joyful occasions, but they aren’t nearly...

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How to Broaden Your Perspective by Changing Just One Word

I can’t take the credit for this one; I came across this simple technique  in The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander.  This simple but powerful concept is to use ‘and’ instead of ‘but’ when joining...

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3 Easy to Learn Meditation Techniques

There are a lot of different styles, techniques, and how-to articles out there on meditation.  Google’s keyword tool says there are more than a million queries a month on “meditation” and over 27,000...

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How to Stop Creating Your Own Negative Reality

Have you ever dreaded having a conversation with a boss or coworker or even a spouse so much that you find yourself playing the different roles inside your head ahead of the actual conversation?  And...

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5 Things you can do now to reclaim your weekends

It’s easy to fall into the trap where Saturday and Sunday are catch-up days for what didn’t get done the rest of the week. But does that really give you the mental break and relaxation you need? Or...

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The Pursuit of Happiness

On the eve of Independence Day I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the American obsession with being happy.  We are, as a group, surprisingly anxious about this ever ‘slightly-out-of-reach’ carrot....

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