In the WOTW's Chapter 4, it says "Determine key milestones or minimum thresholds to reach goals in the important areas of your life." As the end of 2022 draws near, I have been looking at my Bucket List and see several things that I have yet to do. Under the "Other" category, I have been … Continue reading WOTW: 4. Determination – Goals
The Word of the Week book quoted another book that I had finished reading a couple weeks ago, that was on my Bucket List. "We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally." ~Susan Cain, who wrote Quiet. As a shy person who is very much introverted, I absolutely use my … Continue reading WOTW: 11. Listen
The next subject I'm writing about from the Word of the Week book, is inspiring, as it should be since it is the exact topic of Chapter 10. It reads: "Inspiration takes hold of us and directs us toward our desires." In the past year alone, I have been driven by so much inspiration that … Continue reading WOTW: 10. Inspire
The Word of the Week Chapter 9 is about Search and the opening had a quote I'd like to share: "How many times a week...a day...do you use search?" and continues by indicating we get into a habit of searching outside of ourselves, instead of within. We have our own inner search engine, our inner … Continue reading WOTW: 9. Search
The 8th chapter of the WOTW book is titled Hope and says: "The act of going for something brings you closer to knowing yourself. It elicits growth and transformation from within the process...not from the outcome of the process. In the process of training for a race, writing a manuscript, or working toward a goal, … Continue reading WOTW: 8. Hope
The WOTW Chapter 7, titled Emotion starts off by describing physical reactions to emotion: "Our shoulders tense up, our eyes well up, our stomachs turn in knots, our throats tighten, our fists clench, our hearts pound..." In my WOTW: 5. Purpose post, I talked about wanting to let go of the grudges I have for … Continue reading WOTW: 7. EMOTION
Word of The Week's sixth chapter is titled "Accept". It starts off by saying: "Accept it. It happened… That's happened with an –ED… Past tense. Our suffering persists when we confuse –ED for –ING and keep past pain alive as present suffering… As a recurring nightmare… Accept it. Because it's holding you back. It's keeping … Continue reading WOTW: 6. Accept
If you are familiar with my post "From GGibberish to Purpose" you know that the whole point of my blogging is to determine my purpose in life, so I especially looked forward to seeing what Word of the Week's Chapter 5 titled Purpose had to say on the topic. It doesn't seem like mere coincidence … Continue reading WOTW: 5. Purpose
Unlike the last chapter WOTW: 3. Renew there are several things in the "Word of the Week" book, chapter 4 titled "Determination" that I wanted to further ruminate through writing. I have one quick callout: There were some things in this chapter that caught my attention that I do not plan to go through here … Continue reading WOTW: 4. Determination
To be honest, this "Word of the Week" chapter titled "Renew" didn't inspire me anywhere near the way the first two chapters did so this may end up being a short post. But there are a few things that I wanted to work out through writing to further develop my thoughts, even if they may … Continue reading WOTW: 3. Renew
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