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Blog #750: What Are You Leaving in Them?

by Ana | June 25, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

At first... This blog was about a frog named Camino.Then it became a question. Ready to see where this leads? ______ First story... There’s a little frog that’s lived outside my front door in Sacramento for as long as I can remember. I call him “Camino.”Named after...

Blog #749: The Email Said She’s a Ghost

by Ana | June 18, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

I read her email.I stopped breathing for a moment. "People don't say things like that." ______ The email read: "I’m a ghost. People don't see me. I don't even see myself anymore. I read your blog and maybe I'm not changing, but at least I see I don't want to be a...

Blog #748: It’s Time to Go

by Ana | June 11, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Moving forward. Not because it's easy.Because staying changes who you become. ______ The past has a powerful pull. A favorite memory.A former relationship.A great success.A missed opportunity.A different version of ourselves. It's easy to revisit what was. Especially...

Blog #747: Where Did You Stop Creating?

by Ana | June 4, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

“Get creative!” That thought that never leaves me. The trail I walk.The travel I take.The conversations I have.The work I do. Stale living and I don’t get along. ______ Forty years ago… I introduced telemarketing to businesses. It wasn't common.I thought I was on to...

Blog #746: Why Does This Keep Happening?

by Ana | May 28, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Check my thoughts.Change my thoughts. ______ There are mornings when I wake up already ahead of myself. And there are mornings when I wake up already behind my thinking. Same life. Different direction before the day even starts. I’ve learned this the hard way… Nothing...

Blog #745: My Tighty-Whities Moment

by Ana | May 21, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Let’s talk about getting engaged. Not married.Engaged. To your life. ______ Most people aren’t disconnected from life. They’re just not engaged in it. A slightly perturbed email landed in my inbox: “It’s easy for you to have a life. You have money to do things.”...

Blog #744: What I See Every Thursday

by Ana | May 14, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

I think my signature sign-off is sticking.Many emails coming back now close with: “Gratitude…" ______ I love the people who read this blog. Not because they see me. But because they are kind—even when the world isn’t.They are passionate—even when life drains them.They...

Blog #743: When Showing Up Starts Costing You

by Ana | May 7, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Some questions don’t need advice.They need clarity. Especially when your heartis pulled in two directions. Like this one. ______ “I keep showing up for someone who keeps taking from me. Am I right to keep hanging in there with this person?” ______ My answer: Dear...

Blog #742: What’s Heavier Than Luggage?

by Ana | April 30, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Some emails carry more than words.They carry crossroads. This one asked me: "Should I move to Spain for 60 days...and change everything?" ______ The email: "My partner wants to move to Spain. As a trial, he wants us to take LOA's from our jobs and move for 60 days as...

Blog #741: If Your Goals Keep Dying…Read This

by Ana | April 23, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

When I consistently fail in going after a goal…My brain knows why. Not one reason. Three. ______ And every time... I pause long enough to stare in the mirror and be brutally honest with myself... The answers are there.Written in invisible ink. And once I stop making...

Blog #613: The Girl with the Smile

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Numbed. Sometimes life pushes us there. We decide how long we stay. ______ It was about 25 years ago... I'd be standing in my front yard watering the lawn, and a young, happy neighbor girl down the street would see me...and run to talk with me. Always... She wore a...

Blog #612: I’m in Timeout

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I'm taking a timeout today. To rest.To read. To laugh.To breath. I'm thinking: "Today's timeout should find its way into my everyday goals." So today... I'll take a break from writing blogs and planting seeds. Or am I? S.EXTRA...

Blog #611: Why Choose the Second One?

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"Go the extra mile." For those who've read, heard or know me...You know the message is my life thing. I know... It's just four simple words.But everything I AM grows from them. ______ Like? I wrote Extra Mile America: Stories of Inspiration, Possibility and Purpose.I...

Blog #610: Bad Day Repeat

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On July 13, 2017...An 87-year-old subscribed to this blog. On November 3, 2023...She'll turn 93. ______ Her name is Yvonne. In getting to know her over the last six years, I've learned that she's a visionary entrepreneur, a proud mom, a faith-driven grandmother...and...

Blog #609: The Skeleton That Ran Away

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Where I live in California...Halloween is extra popular this year. We're still weeks away from Halloween night...but spooky decorations have been up for a month. ______ Maybe... It's because there are so many new coolly designed skeletons, witches, ghosts and spiders...

Blog #608: Her. Me. Her. Me.

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TIME. I share four thoughts on it.I hope one gets you to look at a calendar. And plan. ______ #1: It Moves Fast. It's now October 2023. Life is an unstoppable, 250 miles-per-hour bullet train. The older my age, the larger my goals...the faster the train goes. This...