Comments on: Reschooling Tool #21: Turn Breakdowns Into Breakthroughs

By: Melia

Melia — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:37 +0000

Thank you. The freelancing does seem to be expanding, which is great news, because I do enjoy the flexible lifestyle. I remind myself that if I just “follow my bliss,” as the expression goes, it will lead me to where I’m supposed to be.

Isn’t the book great? It really shifted my view of eating. So many American women see food as the enemy, but it’s there to nurture and fuel us and give us enjoyment. My mom loved Almost French - I’ll have to read it!

I’ll send you an email so we can catch up. Congrats again on your wedding!

By: Keetha

Keetha — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:10:32 +0000

Like most people, you’re your worst critic. Most people would be thrilled to have carved out the life you’ve created, where you are disciplined enough to take on the freelance work and follow through with it.

I’m with you about the European eating habits. I took your advice and got a copy of that book and it is incredible. It’s simple in that it makes perfect sense and yet so powerful. Just before reading it, I’d read Almost French, a memoir about an Australian freelance journalist who moves to Paris and is immersed in a culture so different from hers.

This comment is getting long. I need to email you!

By: Melia

Melia — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:16:08 +0000

Thanks for the comment, John. I checked out your survival site, and you’ve got a lot of good resources.

By: John Wesley Smith

John Wesley Smith — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:23:25 +0000

Good job on gardening, too. Don’t get discouraged if you have a failure or two now and then. Stay with it.

John

By: Melia

Melia — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:41:35 +0000

Thanks for introducing me to Landmark, Jared; they’ve got some great exercises and ways of seeing situations. I still think about “taking my past out of my future” and whether I’m “in the stands or on the court.” I wrote an article about anger recently and mentioned that it’s not the facts that makes us angry; it’s the interpretation of those facts.

Miss Margaret, thanks for being my cheerleader with boundless energies. Ooh, pastured butter? I love, love, love butter. The woods book is an awesome little guide — thank you. The Twitter tips were coming from it and a few others in the local bookstore. If you want to stay safe from dangers in the woods, I know what to do. And yes, life isn’t about never stumbling, but about picking yourself up again and again when you do.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:47:02 +0000

Great job! Ok, so details: 1) you are such an adaptable, hard-working being! way to go on the earplugs! 2) I recognize that butter- just bought the ‘pastured’ version (in Green for Grass), only available May through September, and it is amazing. Hooray for tasting the quality in actual foods. 3) Glad the woods advice book was helpful- I was wondering where those Twitter messages were coming from!
And now, general: you try and you try and you try, and that IS success. “It’s the wanting to know that makes us matter” -Tom Stoppard.

By: Jared Archbold

Jared Archbold — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:58:04 +0000

Great blog, I was waiting for a Landmark shout out! Hopefully I’ll be in the Seminar Leader Program by the fall!