By michaela renee on 12/22/2009 9:20 AM

I don’t believe in New Years Resolutions, I believe in Write-Off day (December 31st). Write Off Day is a day that serves like the red-line at the end of the quarter in most businesses, where you write off the losses. I wake up December 31st and make a list of all the things I regret, dislike or didn’t love about the year before, then right as the clock strikes midnight, I burn the list. This allows me to start fresh on January 1st, with no expectations, only hopes and no resolutions that are sure to set me up for failure.

In January 2009 I started a new tradition. I created my first dream board (some people call them vision boards).

Oprah has been promoting the dream board (and the concept of The Secret) for years on her show. A good friend of mine, Lorraine Salgueiro, of Bliss Yoga in Encinitas, was my 2009 dream board coach. Lorraine’s coined phrase is, “Have faith in destiny, the Universe always lines up.” And she is one of those people that j Read More »

By michaela renee on 12/1/2009 9:29 AM

 

I can’t write about self worth, but maybe you can.
I can’t tell you what I see, even though you peer in my eyes.
I can’t tell you what I feel, even though you hold me tight trying to figure it out.

I can wonder though, if what I think self worth is; is how you define it. Maybe the definition you’ve created is YOUR answer. Because I can call you on the phone and talk to you about it with great clarity; but when I stand in the face of it I crumble.

I guess that’s what you see, and that’s what you feel…

 

 

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