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Personal Development

Another thing that I learned while being under quarantine is the wonderful program called Mentoring for Free ( http://pat.mentoringforfree.com ). It is a program designed to help people who work from home or have a network marketing business that they are working on the side. The program is truly free (yeah!) and my mentor Pat is awesome. They have seminars on everything from advertising ideas to building a good spiritual (not based any particular religion) base of operation. I signed up because I felt that I was being overwhelmed, and that is a very unfamiliar feeling for me. So, I took a chance and visited Pat's site. I still wasn't sure if I would like the program until I attended a seminar this past Wednesday. One of the "textbooks" that is used is a book by Napoleon Hill called "Think and Grow Rich". They cover a chapter a week and each person submits what that chapter means in their lives and how they plan to use the lessons that they've le...

The Challenges of Blogging

You know, I started blogging as a way to express my thoughts, keep my sanity and have a little fun. But sometimes, blogging seems to be the last thing that I'm able to do. I was really proud of my little musings that I was putting up on a daily basis. Then the plague(s) came to visit and I rarely have a free moment to think, let alone write! But, just as with homeschooling, sometimes we make things entirely more complicated than it needs to be. Last night, I realized that blogging isn't my job, it's my hobby. And with all hobbies, sometimes you have more time for it than others. So, I'm giving myself a break and not breaking out into apologies for not posting regularly, as was my original intention. Instead I'm congratulating myself on retaining the few brain cells that are left in order to write this. One day everyone will be healthy again and I can really enjoy blogging. And I hope that you avoid the repeated colds that my family seems to be suffering thro...