Category Archives: goals

Romance: Hand in Hand and Side by Side

Posted on February 6, 2020 by This Woman Writes

Years ago, when my Norwegian Artist husband and I were poor college students, we didn’t have money to go on a proper date. So we took long walks instead. (As an aside, we were often passed by a couple in … Continue reading →

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Driven to Succeed — and Discontent

Posted on January 30, 2020 by This Woman Writes

We are a driven people. And whether what drives us is ambition or anger, pressure or fear or desire or purpose, the result is that we never rest. There is always something we need to do to move forward, to … Continue reading →

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We Don’t Need Influencers; We Need Each Other

Posted on January 9, 2020 by This Woman Writes

Think about the people who have made the most impact in your life. If you’re like me, you’ve probably wasted precious time paying attention to strangers whose faces you recognize: celebrities, “role models,” Influencers (great word — it doesn’t even … Continue reading →

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What Will Others Think? Honestly, It Doesn’t Matter

Posted on December 31, 2019 by This Woman Writes

We waste a lot of our lives worrying about what others think of us. It’s not just a social media thing. Long before we courted “Likes” and hearts and smiling emojis, we looked around after we said something, did something, … Continue reading →

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Explore a World without Walls or Fences

Posted on December 19, 2019 by This Woman Writes

How easy it is to limit ourselves! How effortlessly and gently we fall into complacency — content in a landscape surrounded by fences, or circumscribing our physical and mental beings to the space allotted by cubicle walls. “Ah, but we … Continue reading →

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You’re Unique — So Be Unique

Posted on October 2, 2019 by This Woman Writes

Every human being is unique, different, and distinctive. The imaginary world of movies pretends to celebrate this fact, and maverick protagonists are popular. But their problems aren’t our problems, and their issues are rarely if ever solved in a realistic, … Continue reading →