Tag: finding me

• 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

• 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

• Getting motivated and getting a plan

  We have some wonderful new neighbors at our new house and truely feel we won the neighbor lotto as everyone we have  met on our street is just wonderful !! One family next to us is having some pretty exciting opportunities come thier way  and it is so fun to watch thier dreams coming true . […]

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  October 10, 2013

  My daily search for myself

  a plan, believe in yourself, best I can be, building a future, celebrate l ife, deciding on a path, doing what you love, eating right, finding me, finding myself, future, future plans, getting movtivated, happy, kids, life, losing weight, motivation, planning my future, what I love to do, writing

• 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

• Go after your dreams

  

  Dreams are funny things. They are vitally important to our lives. When we lose the ability to dream, we lose hope in our future and what is to come. We just kind of excist, not truely live . That is a sad place to find yourself. A lot of people have forgotten how to dream. […]

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  January 28, 2013

  My daily search for myself

  being thankful each day, believe in yourself, do not give up on your dreams, do not put off your dreams, dreams, empty people, finding joy, finding me, finding your dreams, life, working toward your dreams

• 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

• starting the journey

  

  Tonight I was going through old poetry journals going back  many years and was shocked at how many of my poems, and written thoughts were about finding myself, being the person I was meant to be and finding my path. Wow. Some I read were from 2000. It made me sad that for so long […]

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  July 8, 2012

  My daily search for myself

  being who I am meant to be, childlike, creating, creative, dancing, drawing, enjoy, finding me, getting on my path, journey, journey to be me, life, love, one step at a time, staring my journey, 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