Ocean View from Living Room
Intracoastal View from Living Room
I have just completed a major personal upgrade to a spacious, luxurious townhouse on the ocean. From my living room, my bedroom, and two terraces, I have a soothing view of the ocean on one side and a view of the intracoastal waterways on the other side. Continue reading
View of the ocean from my new bedroom
I stayed too long. It was comfortable – one block from the ocean, lots of cool restaurants, easily accessible for clients, sunny and spacious with an open feeling. My focus was online – writing, connecting, studying and learning. My focus was also offline – attending various local networking groups and events. And I continued to build my professional knowledge – taking courses, attending conferences both near and far. Moving was the farthest thing from my mind and seemed to be an enormously difficult task – taking the time to do some research, traveling to look at different places, and then packing up to move.
I chose to stay in my comfort zone. Continue reading
Ceiling collapsed and success if here
It was about 2:30 in the morning. Fast asleep and dreaming about better days, I was awakened suddenly by a series of very loud clanging noises. And then all was silent. Since I have only one neighbor on this floor, the top floor of a small 3 story building, I thought my neighbor had dropped something onto his bicycle – which he keeps in the hallway along with a chest. Thinking nothing more about it, I went back to sleep.
In the morning, I was horrified by what I saw. Continue reading
English: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Resized, renamed, and cropped version of File:Mazlow’s Hierarchy of Needs.svg. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Love has been described as the most exquisite emotion, an overpowering feeling, an altered state of being and an expression of the most honorable of human qualities. Love has also been described as a business exchange, a source of getting what one wants, a way to compensate for personal inadequacy, and sometimes intentional manipulation of another person for one’s own pleasure. Continue reading