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The Road to the Good Life: Mindful Consumption: The 2015 8 for 4 Challenge
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Monday, April 20, 2015. Mindful Consumption: The 2015 8 for 4 Challenge. It's May and that means it time once again for the Spring Mindful Consumption Challenge. The 8 for 4 Challenge: 8 items of clothing for four weeks. Last May I set out to see if I could wear six items of clothing for four weeks. Initially raised in 2010 by a now offline website, SixItemsorLess). My goals? Could you wear just eight (or six) pieces of clothing for four weeks? Last year I learned a few things about myself and my relatio...
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The Road to the Good Life: Pageviews: A Vain Person's Measure of Worth
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Pageviews: A Vain Person's Measure of Worth. I hate doing things that waste my time. I also get annoyed when Pageviews are bandied about. A 2013 study by Incapsula. Revealed that 61% of web traffic is from bots. Is your target reader a bot? Don't get me wrong. I too obsessed over my site's Pageviews. When I reached 500 posts. Did it allow you to get to know me? If I wasn't focused on pageviews, would I be able to move from writing as a hobby to a full-time job? I don't know abou...
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The Road to the Good Life: How to Get Started Telling Your Story
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Monday, June 22, 2015. How to Get Started Telling Your Story. Humans are wired for story. And according to Lisa Cron, author of Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence. W]e think in story, which allows us to envision the future. In other words, our stories signal to others how we will act. What is a story? Leo Widrich defines a story. A] story, if broken down into the simplest form, is a connection of cause and effect. Below I share some art...
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The Road to the Good Life: Dining Out: From Farm to Table in a Greenhouse
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Thursday, May 30, 2013. Dining Out: From Farm to Table in a Greenhouse. How do two foodies celebrate Mother's Day? By getting the night before Mother's Day off from being parents and celebrating by eating on a farm. Three weekends ago, cubes and I finally attended an Outstanding in The Field. Event (The events sell out very quickly.) We headed south to Ben Lomond to Lindencroft Farm. To sample the culinary wizardry of Sean Baker of Gather. And Emily Thomas of Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing. I'd wondered wha...
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The Road to the Good Life: From the CEO's Desk: How I Published Five Hundred Posts
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Monday, April 29, 2013. From the CEO's Desk: How I Published Five Hundred Posts. Strong voices and passion in writing take time to develop. With the barrage of information and opinions available on the Internet today, it's too easy to write what we think others want us to say to drive traffic to us. But, along the journey to five hundred posts, you'll find what works for you and will filter the rest. Today I'm sharing how I reached my 502 post. Who I Look to for Inspiration and for Advice. And Holly Beck...
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The Road to the Good Life: Mindful Consumption: Wearing only 6 Pieces of Clothing
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Saturday, April 26, 2014. Mindful Consumption: Wearing only 6 Pieces of Clothing. Could you wear just six pieces of clothing for four weeks? I don't know if I could, so I'm about to find out. I'm issuing a Mindful Consumption Challenge: 6 for 4 this May, and I hope you'll join me. To reduce impulse purchases. The 2014 6 for 4 Challenge has ended. Join the 2015 8 for 4 Challenge. I bet you have clothes in your closet you've never worn. I do. Even after I took Style and Styleability. Refrain from purchasin...
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The Road to the Good Life: Bold. Brilliant. Beautiful: The Illusion of Strength
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Friday, July 17, 2015. Bold Brilliant. Beautiful: The Illusion of Strength. Since Grey’s Anatomy killed off Derek, I’ve been thinking a lot about strength. More specifically the illusion of strength. (I’m sad that Derek is gone, but I’m also very excited for the Fall. I’m still going to watch Grey’s Anatomy, because I know Meredith will bloom and I want to see her soar.). But what if you're one of those rocks? How do you vent without the world ending? So many of my friends have shaken their heads at me i...
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The Road to the Good Life: Happy Fourth of July: Tips for Photographing Fireworks
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Saturday, July 04, 2015. Happy Fourth of July: Tips for Photographing Fireworks. Happy Fourth of July! May your celebrations be happy and safe. If you're heading out to watch fireworks tonight, here are some tips on how to capture the spectacular displays. Will you be watching fireworks this holiday? It's been years since I watched live fireworks for the Fourth of July. But I can't get enough of photographs of the amazing city displays. Your camera doesn't know best when it comes to fireworks. It can...
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The Road to the Good Life: From the CEO's Desk: Making Time for Reflection and Celebration
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Monday, June 01, 2015. From the CEO's Desk: Making Time for Reflection and Celebration. Creatives and solo entrepreneurs are incredibly privileged. We're able to define our work days, set meaningful goals, and do work that matters. We've left rigid schedules where we were required to be at a desk during specific hours. We've eliminated the bureaucracy of performance reviews and TPS reports. Anyone else an Office Space fan? But if we're not careful, we can go to far. Something that worked for me was imagi...
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