This week I have been thinking a great deal about motivation. For example, now that I know that we are almost 100 days from the Bay To Breakers, I am easily motivated to work out by walk/running every single day for about 50 minutes. It has been about 2 miles a day - sometimes a little more. ...
There is something beautiful about a blank canvas. It calls to you waiting to be filled with color and inspiration. Wednesday was spent at the art store gathering supplies for my second semester at Grad School at the San Francisco Academy of Art. I always feel like a kid in a candy shop wh ...
01.31.10 | Past Dreamers | Read more
8 Women Dream will be supporting each other as we compete with our friends, in the 2010 ING Bay to Breakers Marathon. It is extremely important to keep motivation at a peak as we train. We can take advantage of the following motivational tips to help keep our momentum moving us toward the ...
As I'm writing my last post for January, I realized one twelfth of the year is already completed - and I panicked! Feeling scared about any lack of progress, I spent about 10 minutes thinking and jotting down what I've done in the past 27 days. My Photography Goals I mapped out a tentat ...
Have you ever noticed that the more you want to accomplish, the faster time flies? The first month in 2010 and we are almost through it. I have been pushing myself to get so many things done, I had to laugh when my son went and accomplished something all by himself. My son has had a very entr ...
Do you believe in yourself? Do you believe in your dream? First of all, I don't really have an update to my dream of becoming an accomplished equestrian. My horse Nikki is scheduled to go to Pioneer Equine Hospital on Feb. 16. I have not taken another lesson with my new trainers due to th ...
01.27.10 | Past Dreamers | Read more
Today I have been dancing around my kitchen while singing along to La Camisa Negra by Juanes, one of my favorite songs (I danced to it in the pouring rain on a warm summer night while celebrating Christmas in Argentina...). Because I was working from home, and didn’t feel like leaving the hou ...
As the new year begins and the resolutions start rolling, you start thinking about the little changes that you have to make everyday to make your life a better one. Sometimes those little changes are easy. Sometimes not. Exercise is going well. I put my exercise bike back in front of the T ...
01.25.10 | Past Dreamers | Read more
My dream is to discover the different ways people motivate themselves to achieve their dreams and write about it. To do this, I study the whys and hows of successful dream achievement. Why do some of us make it - while others give up and quit? What does it really take to achieve a dream? ...
When one dreams of plein air painting in Italy, it's important to look at the travel options to consider. Here are some ideas to kick around - There's the Arts Sojourn, a travel group of artists who plan regular painting trips to Italy. Their trips are specifically for the artist to experienc ...
01.24.10 | Past Dreamers | Read more
I was running today - in training for the Bay to Breakers. We fabulous women from 8 Women Dream will be competing in this marathon in May in San Francisco. Running in the rain was exhilarating and left me with a satisfying feeling for the rest of the day. As I was running, I began to put in ...
Last week, my post focused on one of the 52 Key Business Growth Concepts by Robert Scott - the one I chose was "The Business is a Reflection of Me". What a great revelation! I have spent the past week cleaning and reorganizing my office for my consulting practice and my budding photography ...
Yep - its winter! This is what my inner voice is repeating . . . find a fireplace, curl up with your book and hot cocoa (with adult additions) and call me in March. In my search for daily inspiration to get on, and stay on, my path to success I was reminded of one of the top posts here on ...
Do you ever feel like your "reality" is out of sync with your life in your head? Ever feel like your "reality" is out of sync with your dream? I do. I feel like I'm masquerading as a grown-up. First: My dream. My dream is to become an accomplished equestrian. To do that, logical ...
01.20.10 | Past Dreamers | Read more
She wore a blue silk suit and arranged the bouquets herself. He looked boyish, grinning ear-to-ear, holding his new bride’s hand. Everyone agreed that she was glowing. They danced to their favorite song, Glenn Miller’s Moonlight Serenade. She was a modern woman, and she had married a younger ...
