The box hit my outreached hands with a heavy thud. The 350 page document took me 2 years of 3am wake up calls to write. And now, the first Beta-Reader was done with the manuscript and, thus, begins the journey of criticism and edits to evolve the manuscript into a publishable book. Authors are used […]
As many of us have heard, there is nothing certain in life but Death and Taxes. This has been quite true for me and I have learned how to use such experiences of Death and Taxes to my personal advantage. I find joy in them. I have recently come out of 5 really rough life […]
As I was digging through files and paperwork for this year’s taxes, I stumbled upon a quote I had on a scrap of paper. It was from Helen Keller’s Autobiography that I had read over a decade before: “I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish […]
This is my favorite part of decluttering my home. Cleaning my desk. After every book I write comes the process of trashing all the drafts, old notes and organizing my life after the completion of writing 50,000+ words into a manuscript. Today’s photo is my desk after two days of work clearing and filing. I […]
Over the past 20 years of teaching financial principles I am frequently asked about my system for cleaning my house of clutter. I promised you that I would give you the How-to-do-the-decluttering part of my system. Here are the steps I use each time I tackle a storage space that needs to be cleared of […]
As I spend this week clearing my desk of the piled up papers and bring semblance of normality to my office, I’m ready for the next big project; decluttering my home. It is an area of neglect for most folks in America, Canada and England, yet it is the first thing I recommend to all […]
This week is a week of planning for me. As I wrap up the last year financially and spiritually, I find my thoughts moving to the next dream, project, income level and living goals. Yes, I call them living goals. Why Living Goals? Because of this past November and December! 2016 ended with […]
For the third time this week, I’ve had a friend of mine change her Facebook page and reinvite me as a friend, why? She needed a reboot. Actually, she was fine, her facebook profile needed the reboot, not her. Due to the politics, raging emotions, and general negativity that each of these friends have experienced […]
New Year’s Eve is fast approaching for those of us who use the Gregorian Calendar and here I sit for the 29th year in a row, pen in hand, writing down my annual goals. I’m thinking, “Bring it in 2017!” Shocked? I sure was when asked by a friend how long I had been writing […]
