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Write and Publish Daily. Photo by Danielle MacInnes on Unsplash I have one goal for January 2021, write and publish daily. What I write today may not be the article I publish. To publish daily, I will need to have a series of articles in my pipeline. I have a pool of draft started articles that need…
And for me that death was that of fur kid Misty. Author Photo Misty was our 13 year old fawn Doberman. We adopted her when she was 6 ½ years old. While adopting her we were aware that we would likely out liver her. And she would likely die before either one of us. Typical lifespan…
“It’s not what you don’t know that kills you, it’s what you know for sure that ain’t true.” -Mark Twain Photo by Paweł Czerwiński on Unsplash As Simon Sinek says in his book Start With Why, there are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it. Inspiring someone is…
Make the choice to focus on how you’ll be remembered, in a world where most things are beyond your control. Photo by Yogendra Singh from Pexels Joe was my brother-in-law for 30 years. He died yesterday after a lengthy complicated lung issue, he was 76 years old. The issue was not COVID-19 related but from years…
We all have those days or events in our lives that bring back memories, some pleasant ones and others not so pleasant ones. Photo by Heather Ford on Unsplash For me Cinco de Mayo 49 years ago was the beginning of regular adult employment that would change my life. To Most of The World Cinco de…
