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Bloggiesta Spring 2014 Goals and Starting Line

Need a blogging party? Bloggiesta’s got you covered. Bonus: your blog gets a little TLC.

Here’s what the Bloggiesta site says:

In short, Bloggiesta is a blogging marathon revolving around ticking off those items on your to-do list and improving your blog while in the good company of other awesome bloggers doing the same thing. Our awesome mascot Pedro (Plan. Edit. Develop. Review. Organize) is ready to break out the nachos, enchiladas, drinks, mariachi music and whack a pinata or two! It’s noth...

I Don’t Share Well (Thoughts on Letting People Read Your Writing)

I’m not the type of person who shares her every thought and whim and desire.

Or my food, drink, possessions, or space, but that’s not what this post is about.

Private may be a good word for it, though I usually have no trouble talking about myself when prompted. It’s more that it never occurs to me that people actuallywantto hear about the stuff that goes on in my head.

So I get used to keeping everything to myself. I don’t like to be the center of attention or have people examining my work anyw...

You Create the World You Live In

I have never known the weather to change simply because we complain about it. I have known plenty of situations that seem worse than they actually are because all we do is complain about them.

You create the world you live in.

You don’t control the weather or people or any number of other variables, but you do control how you react to situations. If this winter is any indication, we live in a society of complainers who think the world should go as we want it to go when we want it to go.

Ha. Didn...