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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 #519: It’s Not a Wish I Wish

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Whoever sent the email was anonymous.The email address wasn't in my database. It was three sentences short: "I wish I'd made different decisions and went different directions. I wish I could do life over. What do you say about that?"______ I'll take that question.And...

Blog #518: My Legs Aren’t Tired

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I'm back in Mexico. I was here in November to learn how to breathe again.I'm here in January to write. As I type now, I'm in Mazatlan. In Mazatlan, it has become a ritual for me to climb to the El Faro Lighthouse.It really is a lighthouse, and it sits 500 feet above...

Blog #517: Spilling My Guts

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Twice...I screwed up big time. Of course... I've had 1,000+ baby screw-ups where I've said the wrong thing or done the wrong thing and it embarrassingly or painfully cost me...but TWO distinct screw-ups hit my life extra hard and deep. Let me spill my guts. #1. Thirty...

#516: I’d Take It in a Second

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It's almost sci-fi crazy.It's (almost) 2022. The number once seemed like a far-away year in a sci-fi movie.Now it's not. It's OUR year. And you and I are about to live in it.______ I used to really get into January 1 moments with planning the year ahead... and I still...

#515: Dear Santa…

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"Dear Santa..." I'm pretty sure...this is my first letter ever to you. As I reflect now, I think "That's strange!"...because really, you're an awesome Superhero. Anybody who gives everything in his bag to a world that gives him only cookies, milk and the occasional...

#514: If I Wore Different Eyes

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It's Monday.It's 5:30 p.m. as I start to write this. It's been a really good day. "A really good day?" Well... That's how I see it. I recorded a fun podcast with an enthusiastic host.I brainstormed 2022 and "How to reach more people."My fingers, brain and heart came...