Welcome to the first post of 2014! I hope you all enjoyed ringing in the New Year. During this time of year, people around the world resolve to learn new skills and achieve goals they set for themselves. So I thought it was interesting when I read an article in the November 2013 issue of RealContinue reading “Survival Skills for the Real World”
Category Archives: Personal Reflection
Things I Learned About My Bad Self, 2013 Edition
I was scrolling through my WordPress reader when I came across a post by Campari & Sofa that made me think. It was entitled Things I learned about my campari self this year and noted 10 things the author had learned, from philosophic to practical. I commented that I enjoyed her list and was thinking about borrowingContinue reading “Things I Learned About My Bad Self, 2013 Edition”
Christmas: A Tradition Like No Other
Merry Christmas to you and yours from Clearly Conveyed Communications! A heartfelt thank you for reading the musings on the CCC blog while taking the time to like, comment on and share our posts. We appreciate you, dear reader! So it’s another Christmas Eve, and I find myself taking comfort in Holiday traditions, some newContinue reading “Christmas: A Tradition Like No Other”
A Picture’s Worth A Lifetime of Inspiration
This picture shows me crossing the finish line of my first half-marathon in 2011. It was so much more than just a race though. At this moment, exhausted and hurting, I realized that I could achieve so much more in life. No more just accepting the status quo. Since this picture was taken, I’ve completedContinue reading “A Picture’s Worth A Lifetime of Inspiration”
Who’s Your Biggest Fan?
(Ed. note: It seems like Thursday is a more popular day for reading blogs than Fridays, so I’m changing the CCC blog publishing schedule. Posts will now appear on Tuesdays and Thursdays (instead of Fridays), so please update your calendars – and reading plans – accordingly. 🙂) After posting a somewhat pessimistic post earlier thisContinue reading “Who’s Your Biggest Fan?”
Embrace the Suck (Because What’s the Alternative?)
Life sucks. Not to be a pessimist, but sometimes it seems that everything goes wrong. Sure, there’s always that saying that someone has it worse than you somewhere, but quite frankly, that isn’t always the most comforting thought in the world when you have your own problems. Today, I decided to run some errands. IContinue reading “Embrace the Suck (Because What’s the Alternative?)”
Find Your Place in the World
“It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” –Mae Jemison, Astronaut & Physician
Stay True To Yourself
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Invisible (Wo)Man: Where Would You Go?
Quick — what pops into your head when you see this graphic? I stumbled across it in Real Simple (illustration by Shout) and loved it. If you were invisible, where would you go? Any place in the world, any time. Go. Going incognito today, Jaime Join the conversation:
Please stop telling me you’re busy.
This topic has been on my mind for quite some time, but I continued to bite my tongue. Then a fellow business owner shared an article on LinkedIn that hit home and encouraged me (OK, pushed me) to throw in my two cents on the subject. Please stop telling me you’re busy. Over the phone,Continue reading “Please stop telling me you’re busy.”
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