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A collection of writings, explorations, musings, and more. The place where I wonder, ponder, and begin to figure out my life. Yes, it has taken me nearly 50 years to figure out that I am not beholden to anyone’s ideals or intentions, but it is better now, than never.
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Day 6: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven artists
Day six is exciting for me! Eleven artists for whom we are grateful. Now, specifically, when she was speaking on the challenge, she was listing musicians, but for me, personally, it is broader than that. Art is all encompassing, while music most certainly is an immense and vast part of my life, there are definitely
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Day 5: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven things you have learned
Today’s task is to reflect on eleven things you have learned. Be it from formal education, life lessons, pearls of wisdom, on the job experience, or any other method or way of learning. There are so many things and ways one can learn. I found this an interesting and curious gratitude prompt. To be able
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Day 4: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven things
I am caught up now! Today is eleven things you are grateful for that we maybe take for granted and this one was EASY. Things started flooding to me. Why? Maybe because I spent some time in my childhood without some of our modern conveniences… Sometimes, it is the simple things in life. Unsure what
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Day 3: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven local businesses
For day three, the prompt was to express gratitude and name eleven businesses, and bonus was to write Google Reviews for three of them. As it happens, I wrote two reviews already in the past couple months for two of the companies I worked with on the recent renovation to our home. These businesses are
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Day 2: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven experiences
August 2 saw us swing to experiences. Ones that moved you – that had a profound impact on your life. They didn’t have to be large or divine in nature, something small (like a picnic with a friend or the first time your baby kicked you) but something you felt was significant to you. Evidently,
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Day 1: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven people
The prompt for August 1 was to write about eleven people, past and present, for which you were grateful. People that you were grateful for but who also made a significant impact on your life. To share not only who they were but why you were grateful for them and to be specific in the
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