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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, the “four-letter word” refers to the naughtiest words among those raised with strict rules of conduct. I won’t…
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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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6 Ways to Achieve Goals Faster
How do you achieve goals faster and avoid getting derailed? 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, relationships,…
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4 Unusual Things I’m Grateful 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
Do you ever wish you could get your organizational plan dialed in? Or use your time more effectively? I do. I think about it a lot, and I write about it a fair amount too. I devised this organizational plan to get those neglected things done. If you’d rather watch this content, view here: …
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On Competing Against Yourself: A Runner’s Confession
If you’d rather watch this content on YouTube: The subtitle of this article is: Don’t worry about the fast girls. There’s a story behind that and a broader application to non-runners, both of which I’ll share below. As a runner out there for my fitness, I must constantly remind myself that my main competition is…
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A Tribute to My Dad For His 80th Birthday
July 19, 2022, marked my dad, Doug Hamilton’s 80th birthday. Such a momentous occasion calls for a tribute to my dad! My dad (my brother Garth and I call him Bo, and that is how I will refer to him henceforth) is an incredible man. But don’t take my word for it. Ask anyone who…
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On Recovery from Failure (Or less than stellar progress)
It’s an experience that plagues all of us from time to time: failure, and recovery from failure. However, failure is a harsh term, which is why I added (or less than stellar progress) to the title. As I’ve reflected on this year, I could easily use either term to describe how I think things have…
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What is the difference between tactical and strategic?
Do you know what I mean when I say, “tactical vs. strategic” as a method for getting clear on achieving goals? So we can start with the appropriate mindset, I’ll provide definitions of both: Tactical: : of or relating to tactics: such as (1): of or relating to small-scale actions serving a larger purpose (2):…
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2021 Year in Review
My idea for a “2021 Year in Review” was born from reading James Clear’s Atomic Habits. It is a practice he does and recommends in that book. I decided to transform my hand-written year in review notes to a blog post for a few reasons: It raises the stakes if I publish my thoughts for…
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How to take action when you are afraid
Let’s talk about how to take action when you are afraid. By that, I mean stalling on something you know you need to do but you are afraid to do it. Have you ever neglected to take action or make a decision based on your fear about what would happen if you did? It seems…
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Pros and Cons of Social Media
Pros and cons of social media, examined. The rise of social media in the last 15 years has been both wonderful and terrible. As someone who has used it from the early days, as a marketer and consumer, I’ve often pondered the pros vs. cons of social media. It surely has many of both. The…
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What Does it Mean to “Surrender All” to Christ?
Those of us who grew up in evangelical Christian churches in the United States will likely have sung songs about “surrendering all” to God or Jesus Christ. With much gusto, or hesitation, we’d sing out, “I surrender all I surrender allllll All to Thee my blessed Savior I surrender all” Though I’d sing it, the…
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2020 Year in Review: Comments on the State of Things & the Sorensen Household
At the close of this historically terrible year, it is hard to know exactly what to say in a post that aims to describe how the year went for Mike and me and our current state of mind. But I’ll try. After all, that is why I am writing this post in the first place.…
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What is the Pro-Life Position?
I am a pro-lifer. I have been for as long as I have been old enough to know and articulate the moral principles by which I live. What is the pro-life position? As I understand it, is this: We oppose the premature ending of pre-born life. We believe that all humans are created in the…
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M.I.A. in MIA: Adventures in Miami & South Florida
Do you have a particular vacation style? As in, do you prefer to relax, or are you more of a go-go-go vacationer? Do you determine in advance which style each vacation will be before you go? It may take some negotiation with other members of your family who have different preferences. While my preferred style…
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Cheers to 10 Years! Wedding Anniversary Reflections
If you clicked on this post, you might be expecting something sappy and sentimental. You know what? You’re right. There will be some of that. This is our “cheers to 10 years” story. On October 1st, 2010, I, being Summer Hamilton for the first 32 years of my life, married Michael David Sorensen. After an…