Beth Stilborn: Books ~ Encouragement ~ Teaching ~ Hope
May 30, 2013
And another month has whizzed by. Someone has revved up the clock, I’m quite sure. Some things got accomplished, others didn’t, other new things leapt in and got the creative juices flowing. (No, I’m not going to leave it at that — the details are forthcoming.) Something I’d like your opinion on, as I continue to tweak this blog (and ready myself for the launch of my new website which…
April 28, 2013
Didn’t I just do an accountability post? Has it been a month already? Last month I said my post would be brief — this month should be even briefer. So let’s get right to it, shall we?
April 7, 2013
Yes, you’re in the right place! This is By Word of Beth, despite the rather different appearance. At the beginning of the year, Joanna Marple of Miss Marple’s Musings suggested we choose a word to guide us through the new year. The word I chose was/is DYNAMIC. As I said in my comment on her blog post, dictionary.com gives the definition of dynamic as “pertaining to or characterized by energy…
March 31, 2013
This post will be surprisingly brief. Not because I haven’t been working, because I’ve actually been working quite diligently, but because what I’ve done can be summed up in very few words. I think. 😉 Even what I’m planning to do in April can likely be summed up quite concisely, so let’s get to it, shall we?
March 3, 2013
I re-read my January Accountability Post to see how I did in adhering to what I had set out as goals for February, and to my relief I found that I accomplished much that I intended. Usually when I do these month-end wrap-ups, I wonder what I could have accomplished if I had worked harder. In February, I think I did work harder than usual (although perhaps there’s still room…
January 27, 2013
After wondering if January would ever end, it seems amazing that we’ve nearly reached the end of the month. With the end of the month, of course, comes accountability. How did I do on what I planned to do this month? Perhaps because, to quote the Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne song, “the weather outside is frightful,” I have accomplished quite a bit this month.
December 30, 2012
Dreams, hopes, wishes, plans — what might the new year hold? When setting forth our goals for the coming year, do we make sure that they are completely attainable? Or do we add a challenge? Do we set the bar so high that we cannot possibly achieve those heights, or do we measure in some realism? I firmly believe that we need to give ourselves something to strive for, something…
December 27, 2012
Just a few days left in this year — it’s hard to believe. I’m about to embark on Alayne Kay Christian’s Writer’s Whole Life Perspective life-coaching challenges, and will be starting with her challenge to list 31 achievements of 2012. Don’t worry, I won’t list all thirty-one here! I do want to take a look at the past year, though, and see where it has led. To do that, I’m…