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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 #525: Brain Camping in Bonkersville

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This week...I was thrown a huge personal challenge. The specifics of my challenge aren't important or even what this week's blog is about. BUT what this blog IS about is sharing a tool that helped me...and maybe it will help YOU... get through whatever challenges...

Blog #524: My BEST Squirrel Talk…Ever.

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In water-thirsty California...automatic lawn sprinklers are hoggish. So mine are turned OFF. But... In order to keep some resemblance of green grass, I give a little lawn love by lightly watering with a handheld hose. Today was water day. I was watering my thirsty...

Blog #523: When Rocks Are Flying

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Happiness.Harmony.Success. They each follow "breadcrumbs." Here's THREE. ______ #1: What lives in your head? Every single struggle, failure, rejection, crash and crappy day I've successfully navigated is because eventually I got my head together enough to tell...

Blog #522: He Stared. I Stared.

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Unblinking...he stared at me. I stared back at him. I started a conversation."So...how ya' doin' today, friend?" He said nothing back.Just more unblinking stares. "Have big plans for the day?"Again...he said nothing back. "You're lookin' quite Zen this morning."That...

Blog #521: And Then I Saw Them

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The photo above?That's my backpack. In walking across eight countries...that little dude has been on my back. Oh...I know.It's really just a book backpack. But little or not... That backpack has been my trusted survival mate around the world.______ Do you see it? On...

Blog #520: Don’t Bring the Fake

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Recently... I took an impromptu class on"How to Succeed." My instructor was a 10-year-old girl. I was in Mexico. I was sitting on the boardwalk in Cabo San Lucas...writing.I was looking for inspiration when my unplanned class started. She had laid out a brightly...