#best09 Dec 31/Resolution you wish you’d stuck with.

 (You know, there’s always next year…) I did not make any resolutions this year.  The traditional resolution-making doesn’t sit well with me.  I did have an intention to release the last 20 pounds I’ve been carrying around. I’ve maintained a one hundred pound weight loss for two years now.  I didn’t intend to maintain this year.  But that’s [...]

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#best09 Dec 30/Ad

What advertisement made you think this year?  I hate to even type it here.   The snuggie ad.  Ugh.   ———————  Very late in 2008 we spent several days at a house where the TV is on all day.  That is not the case in our house.  My small fry is rarely exposed to TV that [...]

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#best09 Dec 29/Laugh

What was your biggest belly laugh of the year? I have had many tear inducing, sniffling, “can’t-even-breathe-anymore-just-might-pee-my-pants” laugh moments this year.  I do every year.  Frequently.  It happens at my house, with my good friends, at work .  I probably don’t appreciate enough how fortunate I am that this is true. Since I can’t think of a [...]

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#best09 Dec 28/Stationary

When you touch the paper, your heart melts. The ink flows from the pen. What was your stationery find of the year?   My coach and my best friend both shared cards with me that made my heart smile, not only because they were beautiful and apropos to me, but because of where they came from:   [...]

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#best09 Dec 27/Social Web moment

Did you meet someone you used to only know from her blog? Did you discover Twitter?   As part of my role as co-chair of a local recycling task force, I agreed to get a page going on Facebook to get the word out in another way about recycling issues in our area.  It doesn’t take [...]

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#best09 Dec 26/Insight or aha! moment

 What was your epiphany of the year?   It goes like this.    What I’ve got to offer is good enough, perhaps awesome.  I’ve realized that accepting this does not mean that my efforts to constantly improve and do good works will cease.  What it means is that I can quit hiding what I’ve got, [...]

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#best09 Dec 25/Gift

What’s a gift you gave yourself this year that has kept on giving? Permission. to be vulnerable to forgive to relax to see possilities to believe

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#best09 Dec 24/Learning Experience

What was a lesson you learned this year that changed you?   I am always learning.  It’s one of those things I actively seek.  The learning experience that has changed me the most this year is going way out past my edge.  Putting myself out in the world, doing things even though I’m not sure [...]

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#best09 Dec 23/Web Tool

It came into your work flow this year and now you couldn’t live without it. It has simplified or improved your online experience. Tungle Thanks for showing it to me Gwen Bell!!

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#best09 Dec 22/Startup

 What’s a business that you found this year that you love? Who thought it up? What makes it special?    This wonderful woman has gotten a coaching practice going.  I’m honored to have watched it become a reality.     I’m lucky enough to get bi-weekly access to her wisdom as well.   She has done me [...]

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