Have you ever spent time sitting around thinking, “I really need to get up and clean the house,” or, “I really ought to start on that big project,” or maybe, “I really need to write that proposal,” with that thought only to be followed by one like this, “But I’m just not motivated right now.  I need some inspiration.  I just don’t have the energy.  I’m too tired.  I’m worn out from all my other work.”

I’ve been there, dozens of times, and I think we all have been.  While few people have a natural “Do it now” personality, most of us have learned to value that philosophy and have adopted it as an ideal.  I certainly have days where “Do it now” runs constantly through my mind and I accomplish a lot.  So what’s the difference between a day when you’re feeling on top of the world and a day when you’d rather just stay in bed?  More importantly, how do we motivate ourselves into action?

Try this:  Whatever it is that you are trying to do, just do a little bit of it.  For example, if you need to clean the house, decide that you’re just going to run the vacuum for now.  If you need to write a big proposal, resolve just to write out your thoughts about it for now – you’ll do the rest later.  If you have a large project to start, just start the first step, which may be to create a plan of attack.  Any action you perform creates a feeling of being in control and motivates you to do more.  In addition, that feeling of being in control of your actions is very energizing.  Before long, you will be well on your way to finishing the project, whatever that may be.

In his book, 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself, Steve Chandler says, “How you act is who you become.”  I’ve talked about this a lot in my Dental Practice Management seminars, but Chandler cites a reference that most of us can relate to from memory – Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy:

“Spock had a big, big effect on me.  I am so much more Spock-like today than when I first played the part in 1965 that you wouldn’t recognize me.  I’m not talking about appearance, but thought processes.  Doing that character, I learned so much about rational logical thought that it reshaped my life.”

While most of us don’t have a need to create a character as deeply as Nimoy’s Spock, we can use this analogy to realize that just “acting the part” for a while can be very motivating.  Try this way of thinking: “I wonder if Martha Stewart would stop cleaning after just running the vacuum.”  “This project is so huge it’s overwhelming; I wonder how Donald Trump would handle it.”  Get the picture?  Your energy and enthusiasm will increase as you emulate the character you most admire.

Finally, if you’re just in a lazy sort of mood for no reason but want to get out of it, get moving.  Action begets action. Take a walk, do some serious stretching, carry the laundry to the laundry room, anything, to get yourself moving.  The more you do, the better you will feel about yourself.  Accomplishing some small tasks may be just what you need to get your self-esteem going again and back on track.

Today’s Assignment

Start keeping a list of things that motivate you into action.  By doing this, you won’t have to wait for hours while you figure out how to get yourself going – you’ll have a number of ideas that you know have worked for you before.  Don’t be surprised if some of your items are very simple.  One of my favorite – and simplest - motivators is feeding the birds.  I don’t know what it is – maybe it’s getting outdoors for a few minutes – but there’s something about it that boosts my energy level.

Thanks for reading today.  I’d love to hear what motivates you into action.

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The longer I live the more I appreciate the basics of life:  a good, clean home; a stable job and husband; a reliable car; and systems that work.

I used to spend thousands of dollars per year investing in the latest self-help book.  And don’t get me wrong, those authors have made me the person I am today and I am eternally grateful.

But one system I’ve been using for almost two years now is that every month, I allow myself one new book, but also review one “old” one.  Lately I’ve struggled with finding anything new and have mostly been reviewing my favorites.

This week, the book that is up for review is Write It Down, Make It Happen by Henriette Anna Klauser.  I’ve blogged about Ms. Klauser’s wonderful book before in Creatively Combine Your Tasks, and 18 Reasons to Love Lists.  But today I want to share a new reason to love this book.

I’ve been inundated with tasks and projects lately.  My regular readers know that my husband moved into a new dental office one month ago.  We really believed we’d be all moved in in about a week.  Fools!  Oh, well.  Things are going well, and we’re having the time of our lives doing all of it – it really is a dream come true for both of us.  But at the end of the day, I am much more tired than usual.  Okay, enough of trying to rally up a pity party from my online friends, I’ll get to my point now.

I love using Outlook to organize all my lists.  I adore Excel for strategic planning, but there is something about putting real pen to real paper that just gets things done.  I love it.  I love the act of making a list.  I love the feeling of planning a project out loud, and on paper – writing it out.

As I’ve read this book many times over now, I have several pages ear-marked.  As I write this post, the book falls open to the first page of Chapter 11, Becoming Committed. 

I’ve made a note at the top of the page that reads, “This is my favorite page in the whole book.”  So I’m going to share it with you now:

In an oft-quoted passage from The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, W.H. Murray speaks to the significance of commitment.  Once you walk forward in faith and a conscious effort, all manner of support and tangible backing will be available to you.

 

Until one is committed, there is hesitance . . . The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too.  All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.  A whole stream of events raising in one’s favor . . . unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

It is up to you to trust the possibility enough to be willing to put your dream in writing, and to take the first step, even with no evidence that it will actually happen.

What I’ve learned over the past several weeks is that Providence doesn’t just come for big dreams, He will come for your overwhelming projects and to-do items as well.  I’ve relied more heavily on my old-fashioned Franklin planner and it’s the only way I’ve accomplished what I have while basically trying to work 2 jobs and keep the house in order.  My advice to anyone gearing up to go through a move or any other type of major project is write it down, write it down, write it down.

Henriette shares more stories of her own and discusses the psychology behind why writing things down works.  This book is so fundamentally powerful I believe everyone should own a copy.

In the meantime, here are a couple of tools to help you get on the path to lasting peace and happiness:

Wake Up and Create the Life You Want:  A Guide to Self-Empowerment

Eliminate Clutter and Organize Your Life E-book

Until next time,

Live joyfully!

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No, that title is not a misprint.  Although, it could be the daily grind that causes the need for the daily ground!  What I’m talking about today is spiritual grounding.  Everyone has bad days sometimes, and we all get burnt out.  When you find yourself irritable, hostile, nervous, short-tempered, or just in a bad mood, it’s a sign that you need to get grounded.

Paying attention to and protecting your psychic and spiritual energy is a valuable part of leading a more peaceful and fulfilling life.  Here are my seven favorite ways to get grounded.  Try these methods whenever you feel your energy or vibration is over stimulated or out of balance, or when you feel you are being negatively influenced by energy- whether someone else’s — or your own.

1. Getting outside – literally.  Just the very act of standing on the ground will help neutralize your negativity.  Visualize all of your problems flowing from your brain, down through your body, out your feet, and into the ground.  If possible, sit on the ground and relax for a few minutes.
2. Deep Breathing.  Okay, just don’t do this one as you start a phone call!  I do this one when I’m in the car or can’t step away from a project.  If my husband catches me doing this, he’ll say, “Well, that was a heap big sigh!”  “Just getting some air,” I’ll reply.  Since I occasionally have trouble with asthma, I know that my response is probably almost as physical as it is spiritual, but I figure either way, it feels great!
3. Exercising.  This method naturally follows next since you breathe more deeply when you exercise, but there is something about getting physical that adds to the clearing of the mind.  Whether it’s a 5-minute walk or anything more vigorous, (whatever you like to do), exercise is good for the mind, body, and spirit.
4. Cooking.  Sometimes the way I cook is like exercise!  But there’s also the creativity component, getting something accomplished, and getting my mind off my problems that helps me get grounded.  And my husband gets to enjoy the results of this one as well!
5. Gardening.  I can remember that as a child, my mother would always know when something was bothering me because I would “play in the dirt.”  What can I say, old habits die hard!  I love gardening just for the purpose of it, but just like cooking, gardening gets my mind off things.  Cooking can sometimes be too complicated for true grounding, and pulling weeds is sometimes just what I need.
6. De-cluttering.  My regular readers already know how I feel about clutter.  If my bad mood stems from a sense of “overwhelm-ment,” I know it’s time to de-clutter.  I told my time management class just yesterday that it seems counter-intuitive; you think you should be getting stuff done instead of de-cluttering, but trust me, you really will think more clearly with everything in its place.  Which brings me to my final favorite grounding method -
7. Organizing.  I’m not speaking here of organizing your desk; that’s de-cluttering (more than likely.)  What I’m talking about here is creating a Work Breakdown Structure for a project, or organizing your day or week, or whatever it’s going to take to make you feel better.  Instead of plowing in on a project, if you’ll take the time to get organized first, your mood will lift and you’ll accomplish more in the end.  You might even think of ways to avoid unnecessary work and find people to delegate parts of the project to.

Any one of the exercises will help, but when necessary, I’ve been known to do them all before proceeding into my day!  Getting into alignment with your higher self in whatever you have to do is way more important than the action itself.  Try it; you’ll be glad you did!

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How to Get It All Done in an Easy and Relaxed Manner

How do you go about your days?  Do you feel hurried and pressured, or do you have a relaxed sense of control over your work?  Do you feel guilty when you take time off because there’s so much work to do?  Do you worry about the task you’re accomplishing at the moment because you’re afraid you should be doing something else more important?

There are three basic tenets of good task management:  Planning, list keeping, and action.  Leave any one of these out and you’ll be crying the “I’ve got too much to do in too little time” blues.  I’ve addressed these three concepts separately many times on this blog, but today I’d like to bring them all together to really illustrate their power, and the power behind a system.

It’s really not that difficult.  Anyone could easily figure out that a good plan with no action is useless, and nearly everyone I know has learned the hard lesson of performing a bunch of tasks without a plan only to have to start all over on the project due to a lack of planning. 

The list is something that tends to elude most people.  Why do so many people resist lists?  I don’t get it.  Sure, they might keep a shopping list or a values list, or even a projects list here and there, but few people I know keep a list of everything they need to do within a certain time frame, or even everything they need to do to complete a project.  Most lists I see when working with clients are completely filled with general ideas and vague concepts.  Don’t get me wrong here, any list is better than no list, but a detailed list filled with actionable items, things you can actually do, is always the most powerful. 

Where does such a list come from?  In his book, Getting Things Done, David Allen says:

“After years of working with thousands of professionals down in the trenches, I can safely say that virtually all of us could be doing more planning, more informally and more often, about our projects and our lives.  And if we did, it would relieve a lot of pressure on our psyches and produce an enormous amount of creative output with minimal effort.”

When I read that, I said, “Amen!”  I’ve been preaching from that belief for years, but have never put it quite so eloquently.  Thank you, David.

A good list comes from a good plan.  Perhaps one of the biggest mistakes that I and other time management instructors have made is to give this process the term “Strategic Planning.”  See, for those of us who are the Type A, go-get-‘em kind, the idea of a war-like attack on projects, goals, and desired outcomes feels great.  But most of the world is Type B – laid back, and anti-war on all fronts.  So most of the world sees an article like “Strategic Planning” and thinks, “that’s not for me – I’m not like that.”

In reality, planning is nothing more than thinking about what you’re going to do before you do it so that you have a better shot of getting it done right the first time.  Most people, no matter what their personality type is, would like to accomplish that.  It doesn’t take as much time as you think – sometimes as little as 10 seconds.  So why don’t more people do that type of thinking more often?

I’ve learned that most people don’t want to be in control of their lives.  Organized Christianity teaches people that “God is in control.”  Well, ultimately yes.  But if God wanted day-to-day, direct decision-making control over our lives, why did He give us free will?  Or a brain for that matter?  Is it not your choice of control over your life that either honors or dishonors God?

Most people believe that control is a bad thing due to some experience with a “control freak” who they witnessed go berserk when the McDonald’s drive-thru messed up their order. We’ve all had someone in our lives at some time or another who was so adamant about being “in control” that they drove everyone around them nuts.

True control is being able to handle whatever is thrown at you in the way that you want to handle it, while not throwing you too far from your intended path.

I remember learning about Type A and Type B personalities in Psychology 101.  The instructor gave us the assignment of evaluating ourselves and announcing in the next class which type we were.  When my turn came, I proudly stood and announced myself as “a perfectly controlled Type A.”  To which my teacher replied, “Only a true Type A would describe herself as ‘perfect.’”

What I was trying to say, and what I have been trying to achieve and maintain for most of my life, is a balance between my naturally strong drive for success and the all-too-typical “whatever” attitude.  I don’t want to be either one of those people who gets to the end of their life and thinks, “I wish I’d tried a little harder,” or, “I wish I’d enjoyed life more.”  I simply want to be proud of my accomplishments and able to enjoy them at the same time.  So far, the method I’ve found that helps me, or maybe even makes me, strike that balance, is the Strategic Plan.

From that well-thought-out strategic plan, you create your lists of actionable items.  I keep many lists and work from most of them throughout the day.  Sometimes I have a list of things that simply have to be done.  I set aside time to plow through those.  Planning my day, week, and month, helps me realize when I’m trying to do too much, and helps me focus on what is really important to me.  When I look at the time required to complete a certain project and realize it’s not going to fit within the necessary time frame, I’ve discovered it in time to have the project, or certain aspects of it, assigned to someone else.

My daily list has only the things I should be able to accomplish in that day.  I have a “must do” list, and a separate “if I get time today” list.  I can relax even on the must-do’s because it’s all under control.  Everything that really need to be done will be, and I’ll like have time to do more, but if something comes up I can handle it.  Most importantly, I’m not just sitting around waiting for something to happen; I’m moving forward in my life the way I intend.  And I’m doing the stuff I planned to do, not whatever someone handed to me when I walked in the door.  I am in control.  I make my own decisions, and that is very freeing.  No one can argue with me as to whether or not I’m doing the right thing, because I have my plan.  It’s well-thought-out, prioritized, and moving me closer to my ultimate goals.  If it is part of my job to do the things someone else determines for me, that’s okay, too, because that’s in my plan.  That sense of control helps me relax and take everything in stride.

I like to use this analogy for balanced project planning.  Let’s say that you suddenly got a strong craving for chocolate chip cookies.  What would you have to do?  You would have to find a recipe, check your pantry for the ingredients, possibly make a trip to the store, assemble the ingredients in the proper order, prepare them properly, and then what?  You’d enjoy eating them, right?  You wouldn’t say, but I worked so hard at creating them – let’s just leave them on the table and look at them.  Or, well, if we’re just going to eat them anyway, why bother making them in the first place?  Or, and this is my biggest pet peeve, “you know you can buy them already made at the grocery store, don’t you?”

To me, life is worth getting in there, getting your hands dirty, and making things from scratch.  Sure there are plenty of ways to get by, but the rewards are never as delicious as the real deal.  Plus, the harder you work for it, the better your recipe, the more you enjoy it in the end.

Now, go bake some awesome chocolate chip cookies.

Here are a couple of tools to help you get on the path to relaxed productivity:

Wake Up and Create the Life You Want:  A Guide to Self-Empowerment

Eliminate Clutter and Organize Your Life E-book

Until next time,

Live joyfully!

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The theme of my motivational and consulting services is always how to get from where you are to where you want to be.  One of the hardest subjects for my students is often determining just exactly what it is they want.

But even when I have a client who has clearly identified his or her desire, they often have trouble bringing that down to a practical, action-based, get-results formula.  It’s like saying, “Yes, I know I’m here, and I know I want to get over there, but my days are already obligated to all of these tasks that are focused here, where I currently am, and have to be.” 

For example, a public school teacher wants to retire early and start her own business as a garden designer.  What do you do when where you are and where you want to be seem so far apart, and you feel stuck in your current situation?  (By “stuck” I mean that this teacher has only 2 years until she can retire with full benefits.  To quit her job now would mean losing significant benefits.  Plus, the income she will have from retirement will help her start her new business venture.)

What I advise in this situation is to prepare a personal strategic plan, with lots of fun thrown into the mix of your current life for the next two years.  In this particular situation, the teacher can read everything she can get her hands on about gardening and the business of gardening.  There are classes she can take where she can meet people of a like mind.  She could visit beautiful and renowned gardens locally and abroad to get ideas.  She might even meet a potential business partner, or clients, along the way!

The important part is to keep yourself motivated and inspired while you’re passing the time.  A good strategic plan will help with this.  I would even go as far as to decide how much money I’m going to need and start saving that amount, and possibly even start a greenhouse, if my intent were to sell plants.

The bottom line for any plan is to start doing something today that will get you started on your desired path.  Sometime today between 8 AM and 5 PM do something from the perspective of your future self.  Before long, the situation you once felt “stuck” in will seem more like a time for preparation; a time for revving up. 

If you’d like some help with your personal strategic planning, feel free to e-mail me.  Sometimes it just takes another point of view to get the ball rolling.

In the meantime, here are a couple of tools to help you create the life of your dreams:

Wake Up and Create the Life You Want:  A Guide to Self-Empowerment

Eliminate Clutter and Organize Your Life E-book

Until next time,

Live joyfully!

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In 1897, an Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto observed a pattern in the distribution of wealth among citizens no matter the country or time period concerned.  He found that the distribution was extremely skewed toward one end:  A small minority of earners always accounted for a large majority of the total wealth.  Pareto’s theory was tested, forgotten, revived, proven, and eventually adopted in the United States and Europe during the 1960’s as the “80/20 rule.”

The 80/20 principle has been applied to many disciplines and basically states this:  80 percent of results come from 20 percent of effort.  While the formula is not 100 percent accurate, it is amazingly close and I have read many examples where it was dead on.  In dentistry, I often talk about “Top 20 patients.”  This refers to that 20 percent or so of patients who are responsible for approximately 80 percent of the practice’s revenue for a given year.   Any business can apply this principle to just about any area of that business.  Eighty percent of the work is completed by twenty percent of the workers; eighty percent of your inventory comes from twenty percent of your suppliers; etc.

As an average individual, 80% of your productivity, comes from 20% of your time.  Take a minute to think about that.  The average worker, 80% of us, spends 8 hours per day on the job, but less than two hours of that is productive time!   You’d be surprised at how many small business owners I share that statistic with and get the response, “Tell me something I don’t know!” 

So how can you become one of the 20% of individuals who accounts for 80% of all success?  Identify what you do best, what makes you the most productive, and what provides the greatest value to you and/or your organization.  What are those tasks?  Now identify the tasks you do that could be performed, probably even better, by someone else.  Are there some things that could be eliminated completely?

I find that a lot of companies have employees doing things just because “we’ve always done it that way.”  We maintain the status quo when we could be setting records because our people are spinning their wheels in low-productive, time-consuming, practically worthless tasks.  When we allow people to focus on their top 20 contributions, their creativity is spurred and we start innovating in our industry.  A company is only as strong as it’s people.  This is true whether you are a small business owner working alone, or a Fortune 500 company.

I’ll be teaching this principle and my favorite other time management techniques in Cynthiana, Kentucky on Thursday, May 22, 2008.  It’s a “Lunch ‘n Learn” session through Maysville Community and Technical College.  Contact and registration: 

In the meantime, here are a couple of tools to help you get on the path to maximum personal productivity:

Wake Up and Create the Life You Want:  A Guide to Self-Empowerment

Eliminate Clutter and Organize Your Life E-book

Until next time,

Live joyfully!

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I was recently looking over my website in preparation for all the changes getting ready to take place and came across the post:  You Can Change the World, One Day, One Task at a Time.  It occurred to me that since my website is coming up on it’s second anniversary this summer, it might be fun to take some of my earliest posts and update them.  I’ve grown a lot over the past couple of years and it would be interesting to see if any of my philosophies have changed, or exactly which ones have since I’d say I’ve changed my thinking in several areas.  (All for the better, of course.)

In my speaking to women’s groups about how to take charge of their lives, I often come across the attitude of, “It’d be too difficult to change my life.  I’d have to change everything about myself.” 

Honestly, some people would.  What breaks my heart sometimes is that some people want to, but feel too overwhelmed to do so.

Making a major change in your life is much like changing the world.  But you can do it, one task, one day at a time.  Go back and re-read the Daffodil Principle if you need to – it will inspire you. 

“Don’t be afraid your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.”

–Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards, Author

I’ll be teaching the methods I’ve learned in my Conscious Creation Retreat; I hope to see you there!

In the meantime, here are a couple of tools to help you get on the path to making lasting changes in your life:

Wake Up and Create the Life You Want:  A Guide to Self-Empowerment

Eliminate Clutter and Organize Your Life E-book

Until next time,

Live joyfully!

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When I began reading over the articles for this week’s carnival I became concerned about finding a common theme.  I know I’m not required to find a theme, it’s just one of my, well, anal-retentive traits.  However, about half-way through putting the carnival together, I realized that instead of finding a traditional theme to do with healing, what I was experiencing was an amazing collection of articles educating us about wellness.

Many of this week’s authors chose to share personal testimonies, some are utilizing their academic prowess, but all are teaching us something about health, wellness, spirituality, or self-empowerment.  With that theme in mind, I’ve included only articles that are told from a personal vantage point, or that are extremely unique in a beneficial way.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed preparing it for you!

Next week’s carnival will be at Spiral Visions.  If you’d like to host a carnival, please visit the Carnival of Healing Homepage.  A special thanks goes out to last week’s host, A-Ha! TV. 

Until next time,

Live Joyfully!

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If you work for a dentist and have ever entertained the thought of starting a blog, but didn’t feel that you had the time or skills necessary, I have good news.  I am getting ready to start a dental office personnel online community.  This is for employees only, no dentists, not even employee dentists.

I am first looking for writers who would maintain their own topics and serve as moderators for their own groups.  If you have a passion for a particular area of dentistry, consider joining me and other quality people in this unique endeavor!

I will provide all of the setup, hosting, and training.  You will provide:

• Original content (articles, reviews, FAQs, tutorials, evaluations) written by you, featuring your unique voice and personality in the form of one post per week.
• Moderation of your followers’ comments since you would also serve as the online community leader for your blog.

The topics I’m interested in starting with include, but are not limited to:

• Customer Service
• Patient Education
• Patient Communication
• Patient Psychology
• Team Communication
• Management Communication
• Collections
• Office Policies
• Effective Systems – Front Office
• Effective Systems – Back Office
• Effective Systems - Hygiene
• Paperless Dental Office
• Practice Management Software
• Dental Insurance

All articles will be required to have a self-development slant, since the purpose is for us to share what we’ve learned and get help when we need it, but humor is welcome, too!

If you already have a blog but would like to join a team, be part of a community, and perhaps focus your dental articles here, that’d be great, too!

If you’re interested, please e-mail me personally at Debra_M@alltel.net I look forward to hearing from you!

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Whew – what a weekend!  I’ll give you an update in a few minutes, but first, I’m taking care of business.  (That’s on old one, huh?)

This Saturday, May 10, 2008, I will be hosting the Carnival of Healing.  If you’ve written a post or an article about holistic health, wellness, spirituality, or self empowerment, and you’re willing to share it, please use the Carnival Submission Form and I’ll check it out.  I include everything that’s positive and helpful.  The current carnival, Facing Adversity with Strength, is at A-Ha! – Daily Blog for A-Ha! TV.com; check it out for some great articles – you’ll be glad you did!

As for my weekend experience at SOBCon08, what can I say except that it was a fantastic weekend!  I could inundate you with links to people I met and now absolutely love, but I’ve decided to introduce you to them in more palatable spurts instead. 

The highlight for me was getting to finally meet Scot Herrick in person.  Isn’t it wonderful when you meet someone you’ve been corresponding with for a while and discover that they are exactly as you imagined them?  Sincere, honest, and walking his talk – that’s Scot.  If you work in a “cube,” (and if you’re not sure, you don’t), check out Scot’s Cube Rules.

I met lots of new people, too.  My table partner was a gentleman by the name of Derek Semmler.  Derek is a sweet, devoted family man, who has a sincere desire to help others:    From helping people get out of debt and achieve financial freedom, to parenting solutions for dads, to helping people make money with their blog, links to all of  Derek’s websites can be found at RedStapleMedia.com. 

Okay, I don’t want to sound like a sales pitch, but trust me, these people are worth your time. 

As for what I personally learned:  Enough to start making serious changes to this site, changes you’re going to love!  So stay tuned . . .   (Over 650 of you are regularly tuning in every day – thank you – I deeply appreciate you!)

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Until next time,

Live joyfully!

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