Part One of Discover U in Ten Steps Since my website is called the Daily PlanIt, it might not surprise you that one of my heroes is Superman! Knowing your heroes gives you insight into your character. Getting started Grab…
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Life Areas for a well balanced life
The 12 life areas in the Year of Personal Development challenge are: MIND: Mental, Career, Financial BODY: Physical, Recreation, Organization HEART: Relationships, Emotional, Social SOUL: Character, Purpose, Spirituality Consider these life areas when choosing goals, generating goal ideas or creating…
Top ten blogs on time management
Updated 6/20/11 There are many great sites dedicated to exploring ways to use time well. Here are my top favorites. For these and more, go to my del.icio.us bookmarks list. Lifehack — Daily digest and pointers on productivity, getting things…
Camp Wood
I was sixteen the summer I became a dishwasher at Camp Wood. I did not write much that summer, I was too busy living. It was only afterward that I longed to put it on paper, to try to hold…
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Being who we are and loving
A convergance of several experiences have led me to reflect again about the difficulties of love and relationships. Dr Robin L Smith spoke about her new book “Lies at the Altar” on Oprah, describing how women often lose themselves in…
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The most beautiful spot in the garden
Much of my time has been spent doing yardwork lately. It’s a good to way to connect with nature and recharge emotionally, although it can be demanding physically! I once read that to be a good gardener, you have to…
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Learning Effectiveness
There are opportunities for learning all around us, but recently I’ve attended many wonderful programs at library conferences. They’ve really got me thinking, but they say the best way to learn something is by teaching it, and there is certainly…
Learning
What I’ve learned this week: I learned about a neat website called crosswalk.com. It’s neat for a lot of reasons, but especially for the Bible search tool. I’ve been trying to decide what I want to learn more about. Do…
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two ways to die, two ways to live
I watched the movie “Assault on Precinct 13” last night. When things get dicey, criminal kingpin Bishop tells Sergeant Jake Roenick that he’s seen many people die, and there are two ways to do it: with self-pity or without it.…
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A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest! And the grave is not…
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