A few weeks ago, I saw a video of an opera singer, a 65-year-old man, who had learned a new technique. He had asked his vocal coach how to sing a particular style. Many people were surprised he still had a teacher. Surely, after years of having a successful career …
I Did Should you quit your day job and pursue your greatest dream? After all, I did. It’s not that easy, though. And for us, me and my husband, we thought about it for many years. We discussed it, considered it, did the calculations to see if we would make …
“Go do something worthwhile,” my mother would often say to me. As a kid, I struggled with this concept. Without cleaning up chores, what really is ‘something worthwhile’ for an eight-year-old? Often I would go read, or once I learned a booklet by heart since I didn’t know what else …
My life is good. I’m happily married, and I live in a great house. I have access to all amenities you could think of. I have four pets who love me. Even my blog is somewhat successful, and people enjoy reading my fiction. And yet…I long for more. There’s this …
When considering this meme, I couldn’t really find any closed doors. Sure, I’ve been let go a couple of times, usually because the company I worked for stopped or went bankrupt. Those times were hectic and upsetting, but in the end, I came out better.There is something related to this …
Proud I’m not easily satisfied with what I do, but there are some instances that I’m proud of in my life. They all deal with hard work, so not things that happened to me or that I was given. They weren’t instances of luck, neither were they instances of love. …
