DreamAchiever – Page 20

Can you Defy Gravity?

Three Takeaways from Wicked, the Musical One of my favorite plays of all time is Wicked. I’ve seen it four or five times and have the T-shirt to prove it! I love laughing at the clever lines and humming the inspiring music. I eagerly anticipate the best part of the play when Elphaba the wicked witch sings Defying…

Austin Kleon and How to Steal Like an Artist

Don’t Worry–Everyone is Doing It A few years ago I picked up a clever book called Steal Like an Artist . The author, Austin Kleon writes about something that every creative ultimately comes face to face with. Whether you are a writer, or a painter or a designer or a creative soul of any kind, you…

3 Big Fears and Playing Small

Three Big Fears that Can Cause You to Play Small I met Marci at a writer’s group. She retired from her career as an educator and had spent the last year or more following a dream that she had nurtured her whole life; writing a novel. The manuscript was complete and she was looking for someone to publish…

Is Failure a Necessary Part of Success?

The Secret to Success: Massive Failure Success is a word that is discussed and thrown around a lot. Failure? Not so much. Teachers focus on making sure students are successful. Businesses set and work to achieve goals in order to be successful. Everyone wants to be successful in their career, family life, social life and even…

There’s no Age Limit to Dreaming

Achieving dreams knows no age limitations. In fact, sometimes it is in our later years that we really hit our stride and begin accomplishing our heart felt goals. Meet Rae Mohrmann- Marathon runner. Set a goal of running a marathon in all fifty states, when she was 52 years old. Accomplished it… at age 62.…

Need an exit plan from your job?

Do you fantasize about leaving your job? Are you counting the days until the next vacation or holiday? Is Sunday evening the worst time of the week because you dread the long week ahead? Is Take this Job and Shove It at the top of your playlist? What if instead of thinking about leaving your job, you…

Choose one word to focus your year

What being open has meant in 2017 Every year I choose a word to define my year. I’ve been doing this for a while so I’ve journeyed along side joy, adventure, possibilities and love. This year my word has been open. I wanted to create a mindset of being open to everything around me. Here…

You are one of my thankfuls…

Sometimes kids are the best at summing up life’s lessons. My friend Ellen’s grand-daughter, Carleigh, did that at Thanksgiving a few years ago. When asked what she was thankful for, she responded without hesitation, “YOU!” meaning of course my friend and her Gigi, Ellen. Wouldn’t you be excited to to hear who is thankful for…

Sarah Spruill- A Life of Love

Sometimes I get so busy, I forget to be. To enjoy the moment. To savor the relationships. Then something happens that jerks me back to reality. April 11th at 5:00 in the morning I got a phone call from the nursing home where my mother in law lives. When they went in to take her…

I walked 120 miles!

I recently saw the movie, Wild which chronicles Cheryl Stray’s 1,100 mile walk along the Pacific Crest Trail. While I can’t say I accomplished something quite that monumental, I do have a homegrown story of a group of women who took on a physical challenge. This energetic group of women wanted to create changes in their…