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ORIGINALLY POSTED IN 2012 on focusonsimple.co I went running this morning - more of a jog, really. + though I took a few small breaks to walk, I can confidently say that I jogged this morning. Not for a long period of time...but I jogged. I jogged further this morning than I did yesterday morning. When I first started, I walked. It's all because of the dog, really. Thank goodness for his furry face + the fact that he needs to go outside to use the facilities. Last summer we got a large deposit of top soil in our driveway in order to do a bit of foundation work, + to even out the backyard. So when the dirt was down in the backyard, + the grass was growing, we needed to…

ORIGINALLY POSTED IN 2012 ON focusonsimple.co RE: previous post. Now, having said that, please remember + refer to this... Crazy Talk: The Do-What-You-Love Guide ‘Everything you can imagine is real.’ ~Pablo Picasso Post written by Leo Babauta at Zen Habits When I wrote the first words of this blog, more than five years ago, I had no idea those few keystrokes would change my life. I thought I was doing nothing more than reflecting on the changes that had been happening in my life, sharing a bit about what I learned with a handful of friends. I thought those tinkling of computer keys would fade into the void, as most of my thoughts had before that. I didn’t imagine that a year later, I would have 26,000 people reading my blog…

ORIGINALLY POSTED IN 2012 ON focusonsimple.co When I was growing up one of the things I was told, + which has stayed with me, is to 'do what you love, + the money will follow'. Not that I'm hoping to make loads of cash, rather, I'd like to support myself + family by doing something that is really fulfilling + makes the days sparkle. Sounds great, in theory. + that's what I've focused on - doing the things that I love, think that I love, searching for what I love...thinking that if I loved it, it would be easy. But nothing worth doing is easy (see, another quote...from who? I don't remember. I govern my life by quotes. Maybe not the best practice...). The 'do' part of 'do what you love...'…

Ira Glass on the creative process. Sticking it out through the learning curve is really tough. But don't quit. https://youtu.be/PbC4gqZGPSY Video by David Shiyang Liu.

How bad do you want it? "...when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breath...then you'll be successful..."Wanken Blog https://youtu.be/lsSC2vx7zFQ