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I'm Possible by 3LambsStudio, found on her flickrstream

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By Ez of Creature Comforts. Click here to save as your desktop wallpaper or print for free! Ez's cool like that.

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Annette Funicello quote by cREaTebyRET.

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Walking Backward by artsyville, listed in her Etsy shop

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Be certain of…by valentinadesign, found via kind over matter

This week starts my very first group coaching session, & I'm overtaken with the feeling of nervous giddiness. Or giddy nervousness. Either way, I'm both nervous & giddy. If you're pissed that you haven't heard a peep about it & didn't know I was offering it, it's because I only offered it to those that applied for my scholarship. For now. But I will be offering it in the future, and it will be affordable and mind-blowing and awesome. Oh yes. It will be all those things and a bag of chips and lollipop kisses and unicorns and sunshine and a beach day with no humidity. This is the week I didn't think would come as quickly as it did, and I can't friggin' wait for it.

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Memo by ali edwards, found via kind over matter

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#200 by Things We Forget

With all the changes in my life this summer (taking on a crapload of clients while still working my full-time job, putting an offer in on an apartment to purchase, starting kickboxing classes), I think I'm both finding ways that have already existed (although it's new to me!) as well as making my own. If there ain't a path that I see, I'm clearing one!

Anything new, fresh & exciting (to you!) going on in your life?

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Happiness is Handmade by erinjaneshop, found via pecanoot

I think happiness is uniquely yours. What else do you think happiness is?

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Anyone sensing a theme here?

Clockwise from upper left: Nursery Art (Dream Big) by barkingbirdart; Raven-Haired Beauty Dreaming Big by thedreamygiraffe; dream big mixed media painting by 2ndsurf; Dream Big Digital print by valentinadesign

Clockwise from top left: Dream Big Poster Cyan Blue by SparklePower; Dream Big Print by StephanieFizer; THINK BIG DREAM BIG by theloveshop; Dream Big Wall Decal/Wall Sticker/Wall Tattoo by touchofbeautydesigns

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Yesterday was my babeh's 33rd birthday, & we spent it with BBQ, beer, & buddies. Even though it wasn't a “big” birthday, I threw Luke a small surprise party because I could tell he was bummed by the number. Whenever someone complains about their age or getting old, I always steal my Mom's quip by responding, “It's better than the alternative!”

The artwork below offers a great new perspective on growing older, & every time I read it I get a wispy smile on my face.

Don’t Look Back (How Else Are You Supposed To Know How Far You’ve Come)on wordboner, found via design is mine

Luke, I hope you look back & know how very far you've come. I am & always will be honored & proud to be your wife, & can't wait to put many more years together behind us.

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Not all who wander are lost by thewheatfield

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JUST HANG ON by dazeychic

This is a message to me: my mantra for at least another week, maybe longer. Last Thursday we got the news that we might not be able to move into our new apartment as soon as we were lead to believe, & now we hafta wait. And possibly be “homeless” (we'll have places to go – our friends & family have been amazing – but it won't be our home) for two weeks. I'm so sad but still know that it could be worse. And that it'll be tough & sucky but it'll all work out. I'm just gonna hang on.

What are you hanging on to? Commiserate with me. It'll make me feel better.

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Who Sang Best by spreadthelove

What song are you not singing?

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It's not who you are that holds you back by valentinadesigns found via kind over matter

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Home Is Where Our Story Begins by vol.25

We're here, everyone. We're home. We moved in on Saturday & are still in shock from the sheer happen-ness of it all (as in, “It happened. It really happened”). We're living amongst our boxes & didn't get to redo the floors without moving all of our stuff in first, but we don't care. It's not important. This is our first home, and the view is spectacular.

I wrote the paragraph above two  weeks ago, when we thought everything was gonna go “smoothly” & that we'd be in our new home with all of our stuff by now. But, I'll have to save it for next week, because we're closing today, redoing the scuffed-up floors (that'll look so pretty when they're done!) & moving in on Saturday. (Insert happiness sigh here)

I wanted to take a 2-wk break after the move to unpack & paint & buy furniture, but things are so nutso in my head with the closing, changing our address, scheduling things, yada yada yada that my brain will just not work today. So, I'm gonna take away the stress of having to write sensical posts (sensical posts seem to be well-liked, for some reason) & start the guest bloggers tomorrow! Keep swinging by or checking your email/reader, because good stuff by Charlotte Dauphin, Aidan Donnelley Rowley, Laura Neff, & Jen Curran is coming at'cha this week. Next week brings us Cory Huff, Jeremie Miller, Lisa Hedben, Tara Lutman Agazayak, & Lindsay Christensen.

They're all super gems. I know, because I've read ‘em already. I'm sneaky like that. Enjoy, and miss me! I'll totally miss you guys (but will still “see” you, because I'll be all over those comments. I'm sneaky like that).

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#294 on Things We Forget

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Choose Joy by SharpGraphicArt, found via kind over matter

Because it's just that easy, & it's so easy to forget…

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hold on, originally uploaded by .neha. & found via kind over matter

It's the end of the year – ain't there a whole lotta whirlwinds going on? It seems everyone I talk to have things to do do do & places to go go go. I know that my head, for one, is spinning spinning spinning with all the things I want to accomplish this month. Usually, hearing the phrase “hold on” means that something is slipping away, out of my grasp. But now, with all the things I want to put in place in order to open up a whole boatload of new, exciting, jump-up-&-down possibilities, I'm thinking that I need to hold on to what's most important & be nice to myself for what doesn't get done. Hold On being my anchor, and allowing the other stuff to float away.

How are you seeing this end-of-the-year crazy-busyness?

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Do Your Best! sold by The Poster List

It's the holidays. It's the end of the year. Your mind is a-buzzing. Be nice to yourself. Doing your best is doing exactly what you should be doing.

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live from your heart, uploaded by deb did it, found via kind over matter

I'm posting way later than I usually do today because, well, I've had to come to terms with the fact that I need some blog changes in 2010, & I've been a wuss in admitting it to myself. To lay it all out for ya in all honesty, I think I've been playing it safe here for the past few months, & I don't like it. When I Grow Up: The Blog has turned into a Series Blog, what with Motivation Monday, Tough (Question) Tuesday, & Grown-Up Gigs making an appearance every friggin' week. I feel like I've been copping out on “meatier” posts (the articles you've seen lately have been reruns from my newsletter), & I don't wanna do it any longer. I want to be more valuable to you all, as I get so much value from you in return.*

So I, Michelle Ward of When I Grow Up Coach, do solemnly swear to you, my extremely attractive readers, to:

• continue Tough (Question) Tuesday on a weekly basis, as it rocks
• run Motivation Monday & Grown-Up Gigs as I see fit (aka not weekly/whenever I'm inspired to)
• give you my thoughts on a creative-focused book every month
• run a Link Love post at the end of each month, regardless of how many articles I have left to read to get my Google Reader down to 0
• to not run anything I see as “filler” (aka anything I feel like I “should” put up)
• to put more personal posts up, like what I'm doing day to day & how I feel about it
• to share any challenges I'm going through that I think might be helpful to said extremely attractive readers

I have to admit that this may mean less posting from moi, but it will mean more awesomeness & less filler. I'm feeling like I'm living from my heart already.

*No need to tell me to stop beating myself up – I swear I'm not! I just feel like I need to step up to the plate more in 2010 & quit hiding in the dugout. I can't score a home run while sitting on the bench! And yes, this will most likely be the only baseball analogy you'll ever get from me.

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