Health and fitness have rarely been high on my list of priorities. I enjoy walking, but I would never say I love exercise. Usually, I have to remind myself not to use curse words when exercising because I dislike it so much. I enjoy a nice slow hike and a nice slow walk. Occasionally, IContinueContinue reading “Health and Fitness for the Freelancer: Did My Body Give Up or Is It Just Me?”
Author Archives: Mary
Keys to Success: The 15-5 Rule for Rough Days
Does everyone have those days where concentration just feels next to impossible? You try to settle down and do something productive, but you keep having squirrel moments like Doug in Disney’s Up? I find I have days like this more often than I care to have them, but I don’t want to give in toContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: The 15-5 Rule for Rough Days”
Keys to Success: Know Your Niche
I will be the first to admit that I struggled with this when I started blogging. I wrote about every subject which came to mind but all on the same blog. When I went back to look over things later, it gave me a bit of whiplash from all the varied subject matter. In myContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Know Your Niche”
Research Skills 101: Critical Thinking
When I was a sophomore in college, I was required to take a course called “Critical Thinking,” and while I was taking it, I absolutely loathed it. I remember having a discussion on doctor assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, and I remember writing a paper defending the whale in the story of Jonah inContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: Critical Thinking”
Keys to Success: Know When to Say No or Not Yet
Some of us are “people pleasers.” We never fail to agree to something when asked. Some of us have what Dana K. White calls “TPAD – time passage awareness disorder.” We never realize how much time a task will truly take. Some of us suffer from an unhealthy amount of wishful thinking. We have manyContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Know When to Say No or Not Yet”
All Things Subject to Change 