Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
There was an hope…..an expectation that 2012 is going to be phoenix year. While I still hold this to be true, it’s starting off a little tough. As though there needed to be a quiz on what 2011 has taught. So I’m bumping up against all sorts of old habits, beliefs and questions of what … Continue reading →
Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
While I am striving to sit down everyday and write…..it does not always go to plan. Thank you for waiting. Today, I feel a little like I’ve been to a 12-step meeting. Grateful and hopeful. My life has had many people in the program and am truly glad it’s there. It really works. Like getting … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
For years, or maybe decades you develop the skill of thinking and playing a few steps ahead of where you are. I love this about navigation and running an orienteering course or race. You see where you need to be, operative word, and plot the course to get there. Having a map, while lovely can … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Sometimes there are many doors….. When a door…… and times it lots of windows. Today I had a few open. ahhhhhhhhhh (this is one of those smile, blissful ahhhhh’s) Truly, it feels delightful to have the cogs spinning and the doohickies whirring in my brain again. I hear the voice from the Grinch, he is … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
It’s happening. Six down….86 to go. This is not radical, nor a new idea or something that millions of people have not tried. For me, in my opening cocoon, it is exciting. The excitement is that I can see results. Be it 6 results……they are mine. The scale has never been a constant in my … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
In the past few months I have found it helpful and very useful to remember times in my life when there was ease, feeling of support and in love with what I was doing. This comes in many forms-doing the sitting/standing dance of painting for hours and hours, the 40+ mile an hour downhill on … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
I got a great email from a dear Reader this morning. A story of a circle back, this one happened to be a book. Books have always been great friends. They are hard to part with and when I loan them out, there is a stiff warning attached. They amount to half the boxes I … Continue reading →
Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 22, 2012 · 2 Comments
There is a lot one can learn, just by merely observing people. Observation #1 today: Sweetness comes in lots of packaging. Observation #2 today: Can I play the “game” only a little bit? Observation #3 today: Some people are truly ONLY concerned with themselves. I cannot alter their course of self-absorption at all. It’s nuts…….just … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
There is a promise I made to you that I would hang out in that honest place. This is for me as much as it is for you. If I am honest, then possibly something will set you in motion to do the same. Today, not such a good day. I was hoping the mental … Continue reading →
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Posted by Sarah Boardman on January 19, 2012 · 2 Comments
I am taking a mental health day. Back tomorrow. Love you.
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