(This is day 4 of a 31 day blog series titled Live Free. ) I am a recovering phobic. Taking one day at a time, facing one fear at a time. I'm not sure when fear first affected me but I know I was really young. Did you just about everything in this world can be scary if you let it be? For example in grade school, I feared bedtime because of my Continue Reading
Free From Perfectionism
(This is day 3 of a 31 day blog series titled Live Free. ) Stop for a moment and look again at the photo here. Do you notice anything wrong? I do. . . I see the petals of the biggest flower are either bent or shorter on one side, I can't tell for sure. I also see uneven petal spacing on all of the flowers. In your opinion, is this a Continue Reading
Free From Comparison
(This is day 2 of a 31 day blog series titled Live Free. ) Well, let me start by being real. I struggle with comparison and I'm almost 45 years old. For example, I may think: * She's fit. I'm flabby. * She's popular. I'm not. * She's got it made. I'll never be as talented. * I'm so glad I look young for my age. I know I shouldn't compare, Continue Reading
Free From Shame
(This is day 1 of a 31 day blog series titled Live Free. ) When I think about living free, the first thing I think of is living free from shame. Yep, I'm going right to the deep, dark topic of shame because that's the first thing that needs to go in order for me to live free. Because shame steals my ability to enjoy my life. Shame shouts and Continue Reading
Live Free – A 31 Day Blog Series
Welcome to my 31 day blog series titled, "Live Free". This month (October 2013) I'm linking up with The Nester and over 1,000 other bloggers to commit to writing every day on a topic of our choice (9 general themes to choose from). I'm writing under the "Inspirational and Faith" category. Why did I pick "live free"? For one, I Continue Reading
“But It’s Only Five Minutes” (Checking Facebook)
I never thought I would be where I am today, trying to stop my Facebook obsession/addiction, or whatever you want to call it. The problem is I had NO boundaries on how often I checked for updates my phone or laptop. And let's just say that double, triple and quadruple checking steals days over time. Don't believe me? Let's do the math. (see Continue Reading