Tag: being creative

• Time to be me, why I started this blog in the first place

  

  I have been looking back at past blog posts, and it is really eye opening for me. Unlike many people, I have documented the many times I have started and stopped diets, giving up caffeine, trying to figure out what I want and so on. I have really been working to figure out at 61 […]

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  November 9, 2021

  My daily search for myself

  a plan, being creative, believe in yourself, creative calling, finding me, finding my passions, finding myself, future, happy, photography, what do I love to do, who do I want to be ?, writing, writing for fulfillment

• Finding yourself, or creating yourself

  

  I watch a wonderful YouTube channel called Little Poet. She should have called it Little Artist. She is a true artist but not in the way that you would expect. She creates videos that are so beautiful in words and her photography. Every video I watch just gives me true joy. She does not know […]

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  September 5, 2020

  My daily search for myself

  artist, be an artist, be creative, being creative, blogging, create the life you want, creativity, dancing, do what you love, find what you love to do, find yourself, finding joy, finding myself, gardening, if you create you are an artist, life is about creating yourself, making jewelry, painting, photography, we are all artists, what is finding yourself anyway, writing, you are an artist, YouTube

• The key to figuring it out !!!

  

  I have been going through a lot of stress with my YouTube channel lately. I have not been happy with how it was going and just was ready to give up . I was having issues with lighting , and staying in frame, and just finding time to make my long videos. After spending time […]

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  May 27, 2020

  Just everyday stuff

  a plan, an answer to my problems, being creative, clearing your brain to think, do what you love, figuring it out, found an answer, motivation, one day at a time, purpose

• A Moms decision

  

  I just read a very interesting and thought-provoking article written by a woman who decided to give up her career to be a stay at home mom when her second child was born.  She loved being with her kids but after almost 20 years of marriage her husband left and now she is struggling. Job […]

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  December 20, 2013

  My daily search for myself

  a plan, artist, being creative, creativity and kids, deciding on a path, do what you love, empty nest, finding me, finding myself, future, happy, losing yourself, mom, passion, purpose, raising kids, sahm, stay at home moms, stay home versus working mom, what to do when kids are grown, who am I ?, working moms, writing

• Feeling a bit off today, a rambling post !!

  I woke up today not feeling quite myself.  Maybe some malaise of the emotional kind, or even a bit morose. I am not sure which. Just not myself.  The last few weeks have been crazy busy and I knew today would be my day from the time I got up until about five thirty with […]

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  September 28, 2013

  My daily search for myself

  a bit frustrated, being creative, changing, feeling blue, feeling down, have to lose weight, how to know what you want in life, how to meet friends in your fifties, is there life out there, life, life is changing, life plans, meeting new friends, need direction, not settling, what to do, which way to go, who am I ?

• On going journey

  I posted recentlyl about how lost I am and how I am trying to figure out who I am , and what happened to me. Not too long after posting that post, I got an invitation from a local media personality with whom I had interacted with on her facebook page,  to attend a symposium on empowering women. […]

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  April 26, 2013

  My daily search for myself

  a plan, a plan into action, action not words, being creative, being present in the moment, believe in yourself, best I can be, challenge, courage, do what you love, do what you were meant to do., fear, fear less not fearless, finding me, finding myself, future, happy, health, healthy, living in fear, motivation, moving, one day at a time, please tell me what to do, purpose, start where you are, take action, take the first step, tell me who I am ?, what you are born to do, who am I ?, your destiny

• I lost myself , what have I become ?

  

  I started this blog because I felt I had lost who I was and wanted to find myself. It was time to be me. I realized today I had gotten away from that journey and it was affecting me. Today a woman who is struggling with some issues in her life, commented that she needed […]

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  April 2, 2013

  My daily search for myself

  being a mom, being creative, believe in yourself, best I can be, can I have it all, can I work and be a good mom, do men help enough, do what you love, do women ask for help, doing everything for your family, doing it all, eating right, encourage each other, fat, feeling guilty as a mom, finding me, finding myself, guilt and being a mom, having it all, how can I find myself again, is there life out there other than this, is this really me ?, keeping your identity in motherhood., kids, life out there, losing yourself, losing youself, love ourselves, loving ourselves enough, loving yourself, moms, motherhood, motherhood and identity, motivation, one day at a time, overwelmed, overworked, purpose, quilt and motherhood, self worth, stay at home mom, stay at home moms, supporting each other, supporting women, time to be me, weight loss, who am I ?, why do women hate themselves, women, women supporting women, womens self worth, working moms, working moms guilt, working toward your dreams, working vs staying home. should I work as a mom

• These are the things I know

  I have to say, life is pretty good these days. I am enjoying finding out what it is like for my hubby and I to live alone after 30 plus years living with our kids. I miss everyone, being an hour away, but I am happy learning to be by myself and it is a […]

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  October 10, 2012

  My daily search for myself

  art, baking, beads, being creative, best I can be, camera, chocolate, content, creating, finding me, finding myself, future, happy, happy with who I am, kids grown, life is good, my search for myself, need to write, photographs, photography, quiet time, still looking, time to myself, what I know for sure, writer, writing

• time to be me, getting started finally

  

  I have not posted in a bit, and I have to admit I have not really been doing much of importance lately. I have been getting settled and getting used to my new life, which is very different from the life I have led for the last 30 years. I love the apartment. That in […]

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  September 5, 2012

  My daily search for myself

  a plan, balancing, being creative, create, creating, creativity, drawimg.mom, finding me, future, happy, kids, learning, life, motivation, no time, one day at a time, search, time, wife, writing

• Getting settled !

  

  We have been in our new place for a couple of weeks now and are well into the process of getting settled. The main things are done, kitchen , our master bedroom and the bathrooms, but the spare room, that is a different story !! I am in here on the computer, but the room […]

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  June 29, 2012

  My daily search for myself

  a plan, being creative, eating right, excercise, finding me, finding my path, future, happy, health, healthy, learning, letting go, one day at a time, purpose, qiuet, searching, writing