In August 2010, after graduating from the Table Rock Freedom Center, I sat with my laptop in hand, after a year of no internet. I don’t remember how, but I stumbled upon the blog of this guy named Michael Hyatt. I was hooked from the moment I landed on his home page.
Something on the right side of the page stuck out to me. Hyatt was offering the opportunity to write a winning book proposal. Well, of course I wanted to write a winning book proposal.
I’m loving Pinterest. You can’t tell me you don’t love it too.
In fact, I love it so much I decided to write a guest post about it for my blogging friend Larry over at Christian in the Rough.
Here’s a sneek peek:
In case you’ve been living under a very large rock, let me catch you up to speed.
Me: Reader, meet Pinterest. Pinterest, meet the reader.
Pinterest: Nice to meet you. Allow me to introduce myself. I’m the coolest thing since sliced bread. Or homemade strawberry shortcake on a stick. Or chocolate covered peanut butter bananas. Hungry yet?
Don’t miss the rest. Head over to Christian in the Rough to learn why you need to be using Pinterest today.
My friend Jennifer White and I would like to announce the introduction of the newest Facebook Bible Study we’ll be hosting in 2012.
We’d like to welcome you to Blossoming out of the Valley, written and led by Christian massage therapist and stillness expert Abby Lewis. Before you sign up for yet another study, ask yourself these questions:
This last year I wrote more words than I ever have in my life. I worked on a manuscript for my first book. I blogged five days a week. I guest posted. I did freelance work. I wrote content for other websites.
One of the biggest steps I took in 2011 was calling myself a writer. The more I said the words, the more I believed them. People would ask me, “What do you do?” I replied, “I’m a writer.” The first 20 times I laughed inside, but after time, I started to believe it. Now I’m not ashamed to say it.
We’ve all failed at something in our lives. Some failures we remember as the “Big Ones.” Others are a distant memory.
When I was in middle school we were headed to a band competition. I had practiced this particular composition what seemed like a million times. I played the flute day and night preparing for what I knew to be something important. My band teacher was impressed and she knew I was ready.
photo credit: rachael furn (creative commons)
The morning of the competition a friend sat down on my flute and bent it. I sobbed, kicked a few things, calmed down and reassured my friend it was okay. I would figure something out. I got to school and another student offered to let me borrow hers. Then I realized I had forgotten my sheet music with my highlights and notes. There was no time to go back home and get them before the bus left. I was devastated.
Stumbleupon was founded back in 2001, but I actually didn’t stumble upon it until last year. (No pun intended. Ok – maybe it was just a little)
Joking aside, I’m glad I did. Writer Jeff Goins highly recommended it in a blog post as a way to increase traffic to your website. I decided to jump on the wagon.
I usually don’t write about celebrity breakups – it’s not really my thing. But as I was reading this article, a fire lit up in me and I felt the need to write about it.
Let me say this first. I don’t know Seal or Heidi Klum. I know he was “Kissed by a rose” and she hosts a successful television show. I’ve never had a glimpse into their personal lives.
photo credit: fatty tuna (creative commons)
Secondly, that’s not important right now. In a statement in a recent article on people, this is what Seal had to say:
