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Do I still have it in me?
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Just do it
Just do it means growing by taking action. It's a slogan I struggled to grasp. Planning everything was my way. But recently, I decided to act. And surprisingly, it's going well. I feared the unknown, but hurdles became chances to learn. It's about progress through action.
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Embracing discipline: picking up where I left off
Ever lost track of your disciplined routine? A chat with my friend sparked a change within a week. Returning to my 90-day planner revived my discipline and focus. Interested in reigniting yours? I've shared my journey and a downloadable digital planner to help us all embrace discipline together.
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Un-sabotaging my life
SabotageĀ Ā /ĖsƦb.É.tÉĖŹ/ to intentionally prevent the success of a plan or action I know it sounds dramatic, but sometimes dramatics are needed for oneās eyes to be opened to reality. This year more than ever before, Iāve had people tell me things like āYouāve got so much in you.ā, āThereās so much that you can do, do something!ā, āYou can do more than youāre doing now.ā, etc, etc. You get the drift? So do I. Thatās why I think itās time to take action and undo some of the damage Iāve done in my own life. (Again, pretty dramatic, but itās still true.) It is easier said than done. Telling someone…
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‘Late’ bloomer, but still blooming
āDo you have kids?ā my pedicurist asked. āNo,ā I answered, already knowing where this conversation was heading. āOh, but youāre married, right?ā she continued. I gave her a quick ānopeā, hoping that it would end there. It didnāt. āHow old are you?ā ā30,ā I replied. āOh,ā she said with a pitying face and went back to minding my feet instead of my business.Ā This conversation is one of many similar conversations Iāve had with people not knowing what to say when they find out Iām unmarried, without kids, living at home, etc. at the big age of 30. I donāt blame them, because according to societal norms, Iām probably not…
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Enhancing my work experience
Some of you might remember that in November 2021 I started working again after a 10-month break.Ā Working inĀ aĀ new environment gave me the chance to experience workĀ in a different way than I had before, so much so that IĀ nowĀ even enjoyĀ working. (Am I allowedĀ to say this?)Ā Lots of lessons were learned in the past year and a half, but three of these significantly enhancedĀ the way I experience work.Ā They might help you too, so here they are: 1.Ā EmbraceĀ mistakesĀ āĀ youāll get it right eventually I started workingĀ in communications, a field I had zero experience in.Ā In fact, at my old job my managersĀ evenĀ kept saying I needed to work on my communication skills.Ā I decided to follow their…
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Coulda, shoulda, woulda … but didn’t
Itās been a full year since I posted anything on here and I sure am ashamed. The last time I posted a blog, I mentioned that I was going to be consistent, yet I failed miserably. IĀ couldāveĀ written more blogs if I did my best. IĀ wouldāveĀ written more blogs if I took the time for it. IĀ shouldāveĀ written more blogs if I really wanted to be consistent. However, IĀ didnāt write more blogs.Ā This coulda-woulda-shouda-didnāt situation has happened several times over the last few years and itās a situation that I no longer wish to be in. Itās actually a hindrance to the amazing life Iām trying to live. And it wasnāt until a…
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Faith fatigue: when faith becomes routine
Iāve been dreading to write about my faith for a while now. Perhaps I was scared that typing it out would make it all so real. I’m tired of my faith. Not in the sense of wanting to denounce it, but rather feeling like there isn’t much more to learn and a lot of things seem repetitive. I started my āseriousā Christian journey in 2011. Life was in shambles (almost didnāt pass the first year of university) and I knew that faith would give me stability. One day I prayed and asked God for something specific. Then one Sunday, not too long after, a guest preacher came to my church…
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New job, new mindset
Itās been a while since Iāve posted a blog and thatās because I started working again. Can you believe it? Yes, Iām back at the office, but things are very much different now. Iām not working fulltime and Iām not in the corporate world. This new job is parttime and more on the social spectrum of things. On the 1stĀ of November 2021, I started working as a communications advisor for an aid organization. It all started when I decided I wanted to work again. Initially I wanted to do volunteering work because I like the causes these organizations stand for. Then, praise be to God, I found out that some…
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How people pleasing got me everywhere and nowhere
Hi, my name is Ruth and Iām a recovering people pleaser. Whew, typing that makes me proud. Not because I was a serial people pleaser, but because Iāve acknowledged it and Iām steadily working on not going back to that place. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a people pleaser is defined as āa person who has an emotional need to please others often at the expense of his or her own needs or desiresā. And this definition is exactly what I experienced. I donāt know when it started, but I think I know why I became a people pleaser. See, Iām a lover of peace. I want to be surrounded by peace at all…
