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Not too long ago I cited Eleanor Roosevelt’s quote, “Do one thing each day that scares you.” Today I revamped that quote: do one thing everyday that is hard for you. Tonight I went to night yoga, which for me, is quite unusual because I don’t go to yoga on the weekends. I’ve been . . . → Read More: Something Hard When new things appear on my radar that require me to put in more spiritual work to deal with them, I tend to focus on one aspect of the situation until the focus becomes my focus and I lose perspective entirely. My illustrating project has taught me much about dealing with the things life throws . . . → Read More: From An Illustrator’s Perspective CEO Yahoo mom, Marissa Mayer, was a spotlight in the news this morning after she announced there would be no more working from home at Yahoo. Her reasons were solid and made valid points in running a business. I don't for a moment disagree with any of them. However, and it's a big however, she . . . → Read More: Yahoo Mom Today my nephew’s fiancé posted a great quote on Facebook: “Do you know what makes life confusing? When you can’t determine if things are signs for you to give up or simply a test to see if you can hold on longer….” ~ Unknown That’s the true epitome of confusion if I ever saw . . . → Read More: Confusion Is When I think of vacations immediately thoughts of suitcases and planes appear in my mind. Today I experienced a different type of vacation. The last ten days have been out of the norm for me due to company, storms, and travel. I arrived home from NY this afternoon and my wires were crossed and my . . . → Read More: Vacation I was busy painting while watching the NASCAR pre-show. They were interviewing Clint Bowyer. My head snapped up when I heard him say, “How the hell did this happen?” in reference to where he is today. They showed him in his gorgeous car and home. He said, “I never had money, I’m just a boy . . . → Read More: How The Hell Did This Happen? I brought a few projects with me to NY this weekend and planned to work on them while my husband was at work, but I had one of those days where I just couldn’t settle into either art or writing. “Go shopping. Go shopping.” kept niggling in the back of my mind. I can’t waste . . . → Read More: Out Of The Head There is a a lot talk in the spirituality realm these days about being in the present. This is a hard concept for me. I mean, how hard is it to stay present, when, your, well…present? I pay attention to what I’m doing when I’m doing it, so I’m present, right? I thought so until . . . → Read More: The Here & Now Trying anything new is always trying. I'm deep into my illustrating project and I'm visiting places I've been before. The whole progression was a learning curve. First I designed my characters. Then I did a storyboard of each page. Those parts went fairly well. Next I had to find out the specifications and format I . . . → Read More: Trying IS Trying Read this first: Down In The Valley My breath was knocked out of me at Jean Do's plight because I absolutely cannot imagine my brain being alive and not being able to do what I'm doing now – communicating my thoughts and words to you. But he wrote a whole book AFTER this happened to . . . → Read More: What’s My Hurry?  One comment  art, Bikram yoga, Books, careers, Family, Health and Fitness, home decorating, illustrating, personal development, photography, self-improvement, Spirituality, Weblogs, working out, writing  being present, down in the valley, Elle magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby, slow down and enjoy life, the Steve Laube agency |
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