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Blog #728: Do You See Both?

by Ana | January 22, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

"Where am I?""Where do I want to be?" Two questions honored with honest answers. ______ Do you know yours? When I sincerely assess my life with heart, mind, and time…I see two photos of myself as I look into myself. Photo #1: I see what I love about my life. It’s good...

Blog #727: The Ones That Haunt

by Ana | January 15, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Maybe…We screwed up big in life a couple of times. And maybe…Those moments still haunt our core. (If you relate, I wrote this blog for YOU.) ______ Brutally bad decisions come in many forms. Some majors? She totaled her car.She missed her insurance payment.She has...

Blog #726: An Email from “Dude”

by Ana | January 8, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Ready or not...Our 2026 adventure has begun! What will you create this year? Change?Consistency?Opportunity?Inspiration?Happiness?Harmony?Health? ______ Choose one. Or two.Or three. Or choose all seven. As you begin to ponder and plan 2026...Let me nudge your brain...

Blog #725: My 2026 Secret?

by Ana | January 1, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

It goes by too fast. I graduated from college in 1985.It's 2026. That's 41 short years. ______ It seems... A new calendar gets tacked up more quickly the older I get. I often feel the quick movement of time. And life. That's why many of my blogs are extra direct. I...

Blog #724: My Letter to Santa

by Ana | December 25, 2025 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

In this blog on Thursdays... I often share emails I writein response to emails I receive. But this week... I'm sharing an email I'm initiating.It's to a guy named Santa. ______ Me writing to Santa? Can we ever be too old to wish for a bit of magic in our lives? I...

Blog #723: One Last One

by Ana | December 18, 2025 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Over the years that I've written this blog… My heart has been pincheda few times by readers’ emails. But the email below pinchedharder than any I’ve ever received. ______ My friend Shawn, You are my friend, though we’ve never met. We’ve bonded over the years through...

Blog #722: My Race Against the Clock

by Ana | December 11, 2025 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Two nights ago…I was urgently racing the clock. I hadn't finished my book. ______ I had checked out an e-book from the library. It's perhaps uncommon knowledge that e-books CAN be borrowed from the public library. It's my #1 way to access books. For this book... I had...

Blog #721: The Greatest Balancing Act of All

by Ana | December 4, 2025 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

"What do you want?" It's a seemingly easy question...Yet the answer rarely is. ______ There are two directions to go with this answer. 1. The head's answer. It whispers of the immediate, the pressing, the needed, and the crushing. "I want to get the shopping done. And...

Blog #720: This One Is For YOU

by Ana | November 27, 2025 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

It's Thursday.It's Thanksgiving. Two reasons I'm grateful today. For YOU. ______ #1: You show up here. I'm hugely aware that in 2025's crazy information-overload climate, you have a billion ways to spend your online reading time. But you show up here on Thursdays....

Blog #719: Yelling Screaming Shouting

by Ana | November 20, 2025 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

How do I keep going through disappointment? (Read on.) ______ A reader’s question… I have paid lots of money to attend too many failed motivational seminars and read too many books that were supposed to change my life. Most got me nowhere but more debt. Success is not...

Blog #603: How I Made A. Friend

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I've been asked 200+ times:"What are your dogs' names?" I answer:"She's EMi. He's Amicus." The answer back to me 50+ times:"Those are strange (weird, odd, unusual) names." ______ Here's a recent email: Hey Shawn, Just finished reading Amicus 101 and got to tell you I...

Blog #602: The Pilot Who Pushed Me

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How do I succeed? It's not in having small goals.It's not in having big ability.It's not in having unrelenting willpower. It's because of reliable Helpers. ______ Ten days ago... I succeeded in walking with tired feet... 135 miles across windy, rainy Scotland. Of...

Blog #601: Once Upon a Time

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NINE. The number was never my goal. Ten years ago... I wasn't even thinking of doing ONE. ______ I just did it. I finished walking across my 9th country. To me, it's a somewhat crazy accomplishment. But here's my list: 1. Spain: St. Jean Pied de Port to Finisterre,...

Blog #600: One Minute. Eight Hours.

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In my eagerness to hit the trail early...the morning hit me back with some bad luck. Then I met the Butcher. ______ The Day Before... 3:00 p.m.: I survive a tough day of walking and check into The Attic Bunkhouse near Blanefield, Scotland. It's a hostel. My room has...

Blog #599: Are We in the Air Yet?

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As you read this...I'm in Scotland. As I write this...I'm sitting at Gate A21 at the Salt Lake City Airport. ______ It will be a long day. I have about 24+ hours of flying and layovers in front of me before I get to Glasgow, Scotland. I had this week's blog already...

Blog #598: Tears, Fears and Turning Around

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I saw her sitting alone on a park bench.She was crying. I kept walking past her. ______ We live in a different world today. It's not as easy and automatic to jump in and offer help as it once was. My own memory is scarred with a couple of times I offered to help...