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Does Size Matter?

People naturally get very excited about big, but small can be thrilling, too. No, I’m not talking about man parts. Or boobs. I’m talking about the size of your adventure. There’s a lot of hooey out there about how you should dream big. But it can lead to dream envy and feelings of inadequacy. If my dream […]

Words to live by

It’s the resolutions time of year but I’ve always been a skeptic about the value of promises made to ourselves in the champagne-induced optimism of New Year’s eve. What I can really get behind, instead, is picking words to live by. So much easier, and way more flexible! This may be a bit of a […]

Pee or get off the pot

Everybody wants to make their dreams happen. But if you’ve been dreaming of a yet-to-be-achieved adventure for a long time, you might be dragging around the ‘millstone of the unaccomplished’ – the nagging feeling that you’re in a failure zone on it. That’s a huge energy drain. When that nice, juicy dream becomes an energy vampire, something has to […]

Goodbye to 43 Things

Sadly the website 43 Things is now defunct – they were a place for people to post their dreams and how they achieved them. Great while it lasted, the curators have moved on to other things. What were the 10 most popular goals ever? In order (comments are my own): Blog, lose weight (also the #1 […]

If you believe Tony Robbins

If you believe Tony Robbins, you’ll understand why having adventures in your life isn’t a self-indulgence, it’s part of our core needs as human beings. And he’s a pretty believable guy, since he actually researches this stuff quite a bit rather than just making it up. Isn’t that great? You can now chuck the guilt […]

Being Fearless is a ridiculous quest

Being fearless is all the rage these days, especially if you’re a woman. Taylor Swift and Huffington Post are both plugging it, and on many levels I’m totally with their message – but a part of me worries that women now have yet another impossible goal to strive for, along with non-touching thighs, a pimple-free or wrinkle-free […]

You might want to enter this

I have a Facebook contest going for free ebook copies of Gumption and wanted to be sure that those of you who follow this blog know about it so you can get on board. I’d love to just enter all of you automatically but the contest software doesn’t let me do that – all in […]

Gumption is now for real

I’m very excited to say, after a great deal of production anxiety, Gumption is finally available all over the world, in paperback and Kindle formats through Amazon. Shortly to be in iBooks and Kobo as well. So please check it out, think Christmas gifts, and pass it on! Reviews, on Amazon and Goodreads, are also […]

Can an old dog learn new tricks?

The short answer is yes, but it takes a ridiculous amount of patience. I, an old(ish) dog, have been learning more about the idiosyncrasies of ebook formatting and retailing than I ever wanted to know. Every day brings a fresh and unexpected obstacle, and they’re usually big, honking ones. I wish I’d learned parkour, because how else […]

Goodreads Gumption giveaway

I wanted to let you all know that I’ve created a giveaway contest for 15 signed copies of Gumption on the Goodreads website – so be sure to enter or tell your friends! Just click on the link below. Goodreads Book Giveaway Gumption by Shelagh Meagher Giveaway ends November 06, 2014. See the giveaway details […]