Make Your Dreams Happen

 

It is Thursday night. I came home from school after a full day and went to bed for an hour;  my cat is sleeping on my arm. The sunlight is shining through on this gorgeous spring day.

I am doing a lot to make my dreams happen. Making this vision into reality requires me to self-care, so I don't burn out.

I have a sub-section meeting with a group I belong to - NW Ladies In Business.  I drag my weary-ass from the bed, feed the animals, grab some food as a snack to bring to the meeting. I am going. I am showing up to me and gathering community support.

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A Surprise Ending

STORY NUMBER ONE

Many Years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago.  Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic.  He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder.

Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie."  He was Capone's lawyer for a good reason.  Eddie was very good!  In fact, Eddie's skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time.

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What Happens In Fifteen Minutes?

Tami and I are planning a weekend getaway, just us girls, to celebrate our sixtieth year.

She turned sixty last December, and I am becoming sixty at the end of July. We were first going to take a train down to California. And then we decided she could fly to Seattle and we would go away and have time to talk and be.

I’ve known Tami since I was four. When I think of Tami, I think of how I met her. I think of her older brothers and sisters. I think of her Mom. I think of us going downtown on the train, alone, to stay for the weekend with her Dad. I think of lots of overnights at her home, side by side reading Nancy Drew books. I think of when I had to move away in fifth gr Read More

Beringe Priorities for Success and Fun

I know I'm supposed to post on Mondays but now it is Tuesday, and it’s okay I’m posting today.  I forgive myself for not being a robot. I am human, and that’s okay. Besides, it takes me one to two hours to craft a blog so that it's meaningful to you and me. Content is king, and if I can't produce king, then it's a waste of both of our time.

So there was no way I had time to reach out to you yesterday because I had to prioritize to get a project completed. I had a deadline. Do you feel like that at all when you have to focus on one thing at the exclusion of everything else? You can’t multitask because the project is stretching you to the outer cores of your being. Y Read More

Did you know today is International Women’s Day?

I did not know this. Seven years ago I was “pushed” out of my cushy corporate pharmaceutical sales position. The new male area business manager could look good, and my male district manager could replace me with his good ‘ole buddy from Montana who wanted to bring his family to Seattle, had for thousands less than what I was getting paid. I felt shame. I had never been fired before. So I took the guilt with me. I told the sadness, anger, and depression as well. I also took the opportunity to learn who I was as a person and not define me by the all-consuming roles I played. I took all of my investments, retirement money, refinanced my home twice and credit card support in order to bring you my company and provide reasonable costs for storytelling, story sharing and building a simpl Read More