Does the Fall Weather Prompt You to Make Personal Changes?

Do you feel you should change along with the seasons? Does the fall weather prompt you to make personal changes? Every fall, I get the urge to make changes in my life. I’m guessing it has much to do with September being the start of a new school year. If you count Kindergarten, I spent seventeen consecutive years preparing for another school year. That qualifies as a habit…

How to Make Your Life More Fuchsia Than Beige

Are you living life as a steady neutral or a bold pink? Are You interested in making your life more fuchsia than beige? Then you will need to start taking risks. When was the last time you took a risk? If you have to think hard to recall, you are living a beige life. There’s nothing wrong with beige lives. Except that they are colorless. Wouldn’t…

What Control Do You Really Have Over Your Destiny?

How do you handle a “what if” situation? What control do you really have over your destiny? For example, what if that guy broadsided you instead of going up on the grass, or what if that candle you left burning destroyed your home? Do you ever have any nearlys in your life? How do you handle them? Having a brush with tragedy is very jarring. It does involve…

Please Ditch the Pumpkins; It’s Still August!

Why do we always have to be in such a rush? To all retailers, “Please ditch the pumpkins; it’s still August.” We are in the middle of summer, people! Okay, I feel better already. Do you find this as annoying as I do? I get it that people like to get a jump on decorating, but it’s just too early to be promoting fall…

A New Strategy to Support Our Outwitting Life Endeavors

There’s a lot of “noise” online these days. However, while sifting through the noise, I think I discovered a new strategy to support our outwitting life endeavors. I can’t wait to try it. I was perusing the internet this morning (as I usually do), looking for some outwitting life tips for this blog. I keep a list of topics, but sometimes I look for…

Six Tips and Affirmations to Grow Your Self-Respect

Lately, I’ve come across multiple articles regarding the importance of self-respect. So, here are six tips and affirmations to grow your self-respect. I do not believe in coincidences, so I have to assume the universe is telling me to take a look at this. I grew up in an Irish Catholic family. If I ever asked my mother what type of respect she thought she had…