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Blog #752: I Couldn’t Look Away

by Ana | July 9, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

I was flipping through TV channels...until one of them stopped me cold. I didn't know the singer.I didn't know the song. But I couldn't look away. ______ It wasn't his voice that caught me. It was how completely he gave himself to the moment. He wasn't just singing.He...

Blog #751: I Pressed Send Anyway

by Ana | July 2, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

#750 is behind me.#751 is right now. Still going.Still showing up.Still giving it my best. Every.Single.Thursday. ______ #751. That’s a lot of Thursdays. More than I ever imagined when this began. And although I'm acknowledging #751... I'm celebrating #1 more. That’s...

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 #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...

Blog #589: Don’t Offer Them Tea

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The "Unfortunate Unexpected." Out of nowhere...It can hit us hard. I know because I just felt its rude visit. ______ In Ketchikan, Alaska... I took a bite of a walnut, unaware that it was wearing TOO much shell. The harsh bite rudely shattered 1/2 of a back tooth to...

Blog #588: And Then It Got Tricky

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I’ve lived 1,000 great days.Today was one of them. ______ As I write this… I’m in Juneau, Alaska. I started the morning standing in line with a pre-paid tram ticket to take me to the roof of a mountain that overlooks Juneau. I lasted 60 seconds in the line. I turned...

Blog #587: Which Way Is My Head Walking?

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FLOW. From the moment our eyes open...things happen that push ours one way or another. As a day's hours pass...we choose whether we like its direction. ______ On Monday morning... My flow was being shoved hard the wrong way. On my morning dog walk, I saw a squirrel...

Blog #586: Breathing a Little…Indiana

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Have an all-timefavorite book, movie or TV character? This week...A reader's email inspires me to share mine. ______ Shawn, I love your Thursday newsletter! Your topics seem to be written specifically for me. How do you do that? I also love your weekly sign off - With...