by skimhenson | Jun 16, 2016 | getting your own life, self-discipline, time well spent
“You can always find a distraction if you’re looking for one.” Tom Kite In fact, sometimes distractions find us. Since writing my blog post from two weeks ago, the one about avoiding my writing (“Are You Hungry for #GettingYourOwnLife?”), I do believe I’ve avoided it...
by skimhenson | Jun 3, 2016 | choices and decisions, getting your own life, time well spent
“Starve your distractions. Feed your focus.” Unknown Distractions are not all bad. In fact, some are good and necessary. Here’s proof. Definition of distraction: a diversion or recreation. Synonyms: amusement, entertainment, diversion, recreation, leisure pursuit. A...
by skimhenson | Jan 14, 2016 | life improvement, relationships
“Healing is a small and ordinary and very burnt thing. And it’s one thing and one thing only: it’s doing what you have to do.” Cheryl Strayed Cheryl Strayed, author of the memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, had to hike...
by skimhenson | Aug 9, 2010 | talent, writing words to live by
“Not all those who wander are lost,” said J. R. R. Tolkien. “But some of us wander a lot longer than others,” I’d like to add. Recently I submitted a job application to a local technical school. It was the sixth one like it. I received my...