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Are you thinking of unsubscribing? Hold on just a minute! I've gathered some amazing resources from my Imposter Camp Desk that you won't want to miss. Get ready for some "Holiday Musings!"

First up, let's talk about holiday reading. I've been diving into “I Will Teach You To Be Rich”  by Ramit Sethi. It's all about money psychology and how to shape your future financial goals. Ramit even has a journal called, “I Will Teach You to Be Rich: The Journal: No Complicated Math. No More Procrastinating. Design Your Rich Life Today. Trust me, it's a game-changer! My husband and I journal and take it on vacation. 

Here's a fantastic podcast recommendation for all you leading ladies out there - Women at Work from Harvard Business Review. It's an absolute gem for women in leadership positions or those in the business world.

Looking for a motivational family movie to get you in the holiday spirit? I highly recommend A Million...

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Being A Fraud, Not Good Enough, and a $7 Bottle of Water - Have you ever felt like a fraud, even though you've achieved great things? You are sitting at some luncheon with other people, and you think, “What if they ask about ____?  You fill in the blank.  If so, you're not alone. Imposter syndrome is a common phenomenon where people doubt their abilities and feel like they're not good enough. Believe me, I have been there and still struggle...

Happy Summer! Sometimes, when I see someone’s ever-so perfectly curated-filtered Instagram posts and stories I am disheartened. Well, all the time if I am being honest. I want to tap on the glass and say, “will the real you please stand up?”  I wonder if they are depressed, insecure, or if they are aware of the “humblebrag” of the post. 

Does this post look familiar? Poor Danny Trejo! The post is not inspirational, instead, it becomes a “whoa! look at me!”  I look at the post, I think, “Is that for real? Or “what message are they trying to say?”  But then, clickbait happens. I hit the rest of the button, and see a perfect “Instagrid” with beautiful filters smiles, stars, duckfaces, skins, glows, and poses. I’m sucked in. 

100 years from now our great-great-grandchildren are going to find our pictures and posts. They will wonder why we have dog ears and mouths on all our...

They say learn something new every day. As I grow older, I questioned this, but recently, I did learn something new. Here is a “funny” story to prove my point.

 My husband & I enjoy a large flower bouquet on our kitchen counter. It doesn’t start out as large. Marty buys a small bunch of flowers at the market Saturday mornings during his weekly grocery shopping. He comes home, and I compost the dead or dried out flowers from the bouquet, clip the old stems, freshen them a bit, change out the water, and then add the new flowers to the vase. The bouquet is really lovely to look at, and it is one of the small niceties that we enjoyed during the pandemic. 

Marty returned to his office a while ago, and I began to delight in the peace and solitude of not having an “office mate.” He arrives home in the evening and we meet in the kitchen to cook dinner together. We really enjoy each other’s company and relax talking about the day while...

At the beginning of 2021 we wrote a "family manifesto" and behind it there was a sentence that went something like, “we want to be the people our kids know will always pick up the phone when they call." Pick up the phone when they call. This sounds like a strange request nowadays, but do...

        I’m still failing over here. (Fail Big! - #2021Word) How about you? Learning to fail is pretty scary and I’m putting myself out there by saying, I really have a lot of “scaredy-cat” in me I’m trying to shake off. Even admitting this is a lot to me, not everyone is fearless. 

        When I watched the Presidential inauguration, I noticed someone in the audience that really impressed me and got over his failure. Although I am very impressed with the Bush family, the Obamas, and the Clintons, someone else stood out to me I know has failed big. That person was Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod). I’m absolutely not a sport, baseball, or hobby horsing buff, but I know his story. I thought, wow, how must A-Rod be feeling right now? What an outstanding “comeback kid” story. I’m not even sure if he’s a democrat or a republican. On this day, he was a proud American. When I see A-Rod, I see...

      Oh, Happy Valentine’s Day! You are such a sweetheart for showing me some love and opening my email. Thanks! How are you celebrating Valentines? Even though this holiday is a completely made-up commercial sales event, made up by the greeting card industry, it still is a beautiful holiday. Where else can you celebrate LOVE? Tell everyone how much you love them, especially in these times. Here are five things that I have been thinking about:

1. Update on COVID-19 vaccination: I have not had mine yet. I’ll let you know when vaccinewatch.com (not a real website) is in full swing. Here is the real website: CDC Covid Vaccine.
2. I’m currently reading the book - Every Body Matters: Strengthening Your Body to Strengthen Your Soul by Gary Thomas. It’s a fascinating read and has a completely different way of looking at “the body.” This is a Christian book, so if that isn’t your thing, then consider yourself advised.
3. And speaking of...

        It’s now mid-January and our world has been changing ever so fast. Or has it? There is a saying that if you want to go fast, you must go slow. (Slow down to go fast.) Yes, it is an ever-changing world we live in.

        I’ve been slowing down and giving a lot of thought and action around failing. Why fail? In my studies, there is a lot of data that our brains are designed to learn, even as we get older. We learn first by hearing, then deciding, and finally by doing. In order to “do,” we have to have a thought to try. Stay with me on this. Research shows that yes, our brains are designed to learn and grow very easily while we are young. It also is designed to keep learning as adults. If we would like to achieve anything and it seems impossible, well, it will be to us. (We decided it’s impossible.) We must decide to try. It’s like running a 5k. We would not expect someone who hasn’t learned...