Today is the day Mr. Obama takes the oath of office. A young family full of hopes and dreams moves into the White House. Michelle Obama and her fashion forward style, let’s hope the designers get on the band wagon and follow her! Yeah!
What I hope is there is a stimulus package and it does create jobs. My hope is that more and more people get back to work.
There is so much I would like to work on: Writing, crafting, working with others.
Where will it take me this year? What is the one big thing you can try this year to stretch yourself? What big bodacious goal have you been incubating? Go for it!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Waiting Out the Recession
I got the ol’pink slip October 31—Halloween, Trick or Treat? I have been actively seeking employment since then, to no avail.
Now, determined it will all work out for me and so many other hard working Americans, I am taking a different approach… a spiritual approach.
Every day, in addition to my 15 minutes of meditation, which I started to do seriously when I had this gift of time, I am also writing a gratitude list of “10 things I have to be grateful for” and keeping it close, so I can glance at it, as I surf the web looking for job possibilities, sending out resumes, or making phone calls.
Today, I am going to make the call to the soup kitchen and sign up for volunteer work. I would like to work in the kitchen and make meals for those too sick to get out and get groceries. It will make me happy.
Reaching out to my other friends who are also looking for work and offer encouragement and laughter, know together we will get though this.
I visited one networking event recently, and the leader said, “Looks like we are all waiting on
Obama.” That’s nice and I give Obama high marks and high regards, however, he can not do it all by himself. All of us, Congress, State government, local government, unemployment offices, and those of us seeking work, must do it together.
I will work, even if it is to volunteer and help someone less fortunate than me. What can you give back today?
Now, determined it will all work out for me and so many other hard working Americans, I am taking a different approach… a spiritual approach.
Every day, in addition to my 15 minutes of meditation, which I started to do seriously when I had this gift of time, I am also writing a gratitude list of “10 things I have to be grateful for” and keeping it close, so I can glance at it, as I surf the web looking for job possibilities, sending out resumes, or making phone calls.
Today, I am going to make the call to the soup kitchen and sign up for volunteer work. I would like to work in the kitchen and make meals for those too sick to get out and get groceries. It will make me happy.
Reaching out to my other friends who are also looking for work and offer encouragement and laughter, know together we will get though this.
I visited one networking event recently, and the leader said, “Looks like we are all waiting on
Obama.” That’s nice and I give Obama high marks and high regards, however, he can not do it all by himself. All of us, Congress, State government, local government, unemployment offices, and those of us seeking work, must do it together.
I will work, even if it is to volunteer and help someone less fortunate than me. What can you give back today?
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Run Don't Walk to the Movies
Everybody I know who has seen it says the same thing: Slumdog Millionaire is the movie to see, right now.
Ty Burr, of the Boston Globe, says, "I'll keep this simple: Cancel whatever you're doing tonight and go see Slumdog Millionaire instead.” Get to this link to see more reviews and find out where this gem of a movie is playing near you: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809956055/info
The story line is simple, Jamal Malik, a homeless orphan, now a grown man, is one question away from winning a million dollars. The authorities think he is cheating and interrogate him. He tells them his life story, how he has learned the answer to each question through his harrowing life experiences.
He wants to be on Millionaire, not to win the money, but so that he can connect with his childhood sweetheart. She, has been with him, on this rollercoaster ride of a life, and now more then anything wants to be with him.
One of my personal criteria for what makes a great movie is if the movie shows me another place that I have never been. If you have been curious about India, especially India in the modern day, you will love this movie.
Ty Burr, of the Boston Globe, says, "I'll keep this simple: Cancel whatever you're doing tonight and go see Slumdog Millionaire instead.” Get to this link to see more reviews and find out where this gem of a movie is playing near you: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809956055/info
The story line is simple, Jamal Malik, a homeless orphan, now a grown man, is one question away from winning a million dollars. The authorities think he is cheating and interrogate him. He tells them his life story, how he has learned the answer to each question through his harrowing life experiences.
He wants to be on Millionaire, not to win the money, but so that he can connect with his childhood sweetheart. She, has been with him, on this rollercoaster ride of a life, and now more then anything wants to be with him.
One of my personal criteria for what makes a great movie is if the movie shows me another place that I have never been. If you have been curious about India, especially India in the modern day, you will love this movie.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Why Being A Late Bloomer is Ok with Me
They called me Late Bloomer in grammar school—my parents, my teachers. Always dreaming, they said, like it was a curse or disease.
Down through the years, I have lived up to the late bloomer moniker. Managed to married for the first time, two weeks before my 40th birthday. Didn’t someone say a woman was more likely to get struck by lightening then marry after 40? Lightening strike me again--we are still happily married today.
There are advantages to being a late bloomer. Review the field, entrance late after the entire hubbub is almost over. Know what you want, yes, I take my time when it comes to decisions of the heart or the hearth.
In this day and age, when kids have websites by five, and prepare for college starting in 5th grade, late bloomers will surely feel like they will be left in the dust at the starting gate of life. It doesn’t have to be that way. Taking time to go after what you want should not be a race.
Many women have put their dreams on hold to raise a family. Can they not write, publish, paint, or take on creative projects at a later stage of life? Is there not future for the late starter?
Why not? With the internet, there is no end to the markets, opportunities, challenges and inspirations that can be had. It is all up to us.
Start your engines!
Down through the years, I have lived up to the late bloomer moniker. Managed to married for the first time, two weeks before my 40th birthday. Didn’t someone say a woman was more likely to get struck by lightening then marry after 40? Lightening strike me again--we are still happily married today.
There are advantages to being a late bloomer. Review the field, entrance late after the entire hubbub is almost over. Know what you want, yes, I take my time when it comes to decisions of the heart or the hearth.
In this day and age, when kids have websites by five, and prepare for college starting in 5th grade, late bloomers will surely feel like they will be left in the dust at the starting gate of life. It doesn’t have to be that way. Taking time to go after what you want should not be a race.
Many women have put their dreams on hold to raise a family. Can they not write, publish, paint, or take on creative projects at a later stage of life? Is there not future for the late starter?
Why not? With the internet, there is no end to the markets, opportunities, challenges and inspirations that can be had. It is all up to us.
Start your engines!
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Time to Wake Up
It is January 3; do you know where your creativity is?
This year my resolution is to have more fun. What better way then to crank up the ol’ creativity and take it for a spin.
Make a bead necklace, look through my clothes and start dressing the part, how about a make over?
How about a blog??? I have been threatening to start one for years. Now is the time. For a long time, I have noticed that the demographic of 50-something women on the web needs more representation. Who are we? What do we want in this our Third Act? Where have we been? What is our future?
I plan on exploring this and other ideas, in this blog and in my own personal writing.
What are you going to accomplish this year?
This year my resolution is to have more fun. What better way then to crank up the ol’ creativity and take it for a spin.
Make a bead necklace, look through my clothes and start dressing the part, how about a make over?
How about a blog??? I have been threatening to start one for years. Now is the time. For a long time, I have noticed that the demographic of 50-something women on the web needs more representation. Who are we? What do we want in this our Third Act? Where have we been? What is our future?
I plan on exploring this and other ideas, in this blog and in my own personal writing.
What are you going to accomplish this year?
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