Author: Summer Sorensen
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My Goals as a Story: My 2023 Goal Story
“What the heck is a goal story?” you might be asking. As an example, this post will share my “goal story” with you. But first, some context. I was scrolling to the bottom of my Google Drive to find a particular shared folder, when I saw a handout I had gotten a few years back […]
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2022 Year in Review
Do you do an end-of-year review to evaluate how you did against your goals (if you set them)? I do, and I am sharing them with you as a means to be transparent, learn from what transpired, and make an action plan to continue improving in 2023. Without further ado, my 2022 year in review. […]
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A Tribute to Introverts on World Introvert Day
As a marketer, I constantly browse sites like National Day Calendar to develop marketing content themes. So imagine my surprise and delight when I, an introvert, learned that January 2nd is “World Introvert Day!” World Introvert Day? What kind of wonderfulness is this? It seemed like the perfect opportunity to write a short tribute to […]
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Should is a Four-Letter Word
Here is a bold assertion: should is a four-letter word. Not technically, of course. I am literate and aware that there are six letters in it. Allow me to explain briefly what I mean. In polite society, “four-letter word” refers to the naughtiest words among those raised with strict rules of conduct. I won’t dignify […]
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On The Christmas Spirit for Christians
Finding and feeling the Christmas spirit is something that I struggle with and have written about several times over the years. This year is no different. I find that I get the greatest clarity from my jumbled thoughts when I sit down to write. So this is my way of processing it together with you. […]
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5 Ways to Keep a Productivity Mindset and Achieve Goals Faster
How do you keep a productivity mindset and achieve goals faster? If you find yourself getting derailed from productivity, or your goals when the motivation is gone, keep reading. Or, if you’d rather watch this content as a video, I’ve recorded it here. This can be applied to anything that needs to get done: work, […]
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4 Unusual Things I’m Thankful For
The month of November in the United States is “National Gratitude Month“, and an opportunity ripe for people to rightfully declare the standard things that fill their hearts with gratitude: family, friends, shelter, love, pets, etc, etc. This is not that post. Instead, I will deviate from convention and hail some odd and vulnerable things […]
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On The Power of Curiosity
“It’s a Saturday night at a tropical beach in paradise; what are the odds we’ll be able to find a hotel room?” That was the question my husband Mike and I pondered after “stumbling upon” the most magical beach in Queensland, Australia, where we had spent the afternoon swimming in the gentle turquoise waves. This […]
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How to Prepare for the Coming Diesel Shortage
This post on how to prepare for the coming diesel shortage is a major deviation from my normal range of topics. I rarely write about current events. But this feels important enough to write about. The US Energy Information Administration announced recently that the United States’ supply of diesel fuel is not only at critically […]
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An Organizational Plan To Get Those Neglected Things Done
If you’d rather watch this content, view here: Do you ever wish you could be more organized? Or use your time more effectively? I do. I think about it a lot, and I write about it a fair amount too. That is why I devised this organizational plan to get those neglected things done. My […]