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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 #595: Sneaky Awesome

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It's started.The tension is inching in. I start walking across Scotland in 27 days. ______ This will be the 9th country I've crossed by foot. Since starting this country-crossing-by-foot thing in 2014, I've kept walking across a different country each year...and the...

Blog #594: TOO x 3

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Comfort Zones. Of course...They're comfy, safe and secure. But sometimes... Hanging out TOO often in TOO comfyleads us to miss out on TOO much. Here's a story about "Jacuzzis." ______ My building in southern California has two of them. There's a giant Jacuzzi on the...

Blog #593: It’s a Yin and Yang Thing

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Let me share my Ending...at the Beginning. Get up.Face forward.WALK. That's my message today. (Want a little more detail? Read on.) ______ In every Extra Mile Thursday blog... I look to my life for a story to build each week's blog around. Sometimes...my stories are...

Blog #592: I Thought I’d Count ‘Em

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People like to count things. Steps.Stars.Sheep. How about counting Acts of Kindness? ______ So for 24 hours... I counted. And I learned something. The more I counted the Acts of Kindness I tossed into the world...The more I also focused on looking for opportunities to...

Blog #591: It’s Not Slipping By

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It's a new thing I'm practicing.I'm memorizing moments. When I'm in the middle of living one...I consciously remind myself: "Don't let it slip by." ______ This past weekend... I watched my two old dogs roll in the grass...simultaneously. Their little, furry bellies...

Blog #590: It Got Me Here

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I've passed the house 100 times. Each time I do...I notice an extra happy flowerpot. ______ It's in the middle of the lawn. It's a pot turned flat on its side as if it were tipped over...and the flowers appear as if they're pouring out of it and into the world. It...