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by Katie Riegel
I recently got back from vacation (see my last post!) and one of my friends, as friends will, asked how I was readjusting to being home. I said, “On vacation, every day was about planning how much …
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I recently got back from vacation (see my last post!) and one of my friends, as friends will, asked how I was readjusting to being home. I said, “On vacation, every day was about planning how much fun to pack into the day. I wish every day was about that still.”
My friend said, “So how does every day become about how much fun you can pack in? How can we get there?”
Whoa.
It’s easy to blow off a question like that, to jokepermanent vacation or win the lottery orheavy drug use. It’s easy to give up, to accept the “real world” in which vacation is supposed to be different from regular life—the dessert, as it were, to regular life’s green beans and white meat.
But what if we actually think about the question?
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I believe, passionately, in asking the questions. I believe in all the uncomfortable pushing and pulling and cutting and sewing involved in making a life.
“You are never too old to try something daring; you are never too young to be inspired to take those steps you’ve been afraid to take.”
Click on “Tracey’s personal statement” to cast a vote for her. (I don’t know Tracey, but I am inspired by her!)
It can be really hard thing to take a risk and put yourself out there. There is always possibility that the naysayers are right, or that the little voice in your head gets to say, “I told you so.” There come a point where life has had too many “I wish I hads” and you just have had enough of being afraid.
My cousin Tracey is participating in the EM Mag Spring Cover shoot on ExploreModeling.com and I want to help her get more support! Visit her profile and you can choose to like, share, and to vote for her and give the other contestants a good showing (you can vote up to twenty times every day until the end of the contest).
Be inspired!
Tracey’s personal statement: I am a 51 year old floral designer. For most of my life I’ve been someone’s daughter, wife, mother, employee. A…
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The Gloria Sirens’ “hair pieces” continue. Here’s Tiffanny Razanno’s piece.
Feeling blue: a college grad ditches the dye job and grows up.
The Gloria Sirens are posting “hair pieces” today. This one, by me, makes 6 hair pieces. Reblogged from The Gloria Sirens.
Before that evening, I hoped that everyone would be stealing glances at me, wondering who I was. And they were. Not for the reason I thought they would, but I giggled to my fiancé. “They will all remember me tomorrow!” And I’m sure they did.
Read the entire post here: My Hair-Raising Experience.
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