Notes from Nola Noreen!
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HOW TO USE THESE NOTES: These notes are dynamic. I’ll post a note and return later to add an additional sketch or a link to another post, as they are completed. It’s almost more of a bulletin board in that regard.
Permission Granted (To Redefine Success)
I’ve wanted to start a blog for a very long time. I’ve purchased no less than 5 URL’s and began a blogging project only to shut it down. Why? I was listening to the “experts” who told me to niche down. From among my interests, I chose a niche and began. The next thing...
Lifehack to Downgrade Your Life Fast (NO TV)
If you've read my Freedom post you've heard me say downgrade your life to simplify it. You may be thinking how? Lifehack If you want to simplify your life fast; cancel your TV subscription(s). Seriously. Of all the suggestions I could have made, this one is hard...
Let Go of the Outcome (Seek the Opportunity Instead)
If you’ve ever heard of Eckhart Tolle, then you’ve heard of his book The Power of Now. The book essentially says that if you can stay in the present moment (the now) you will suffer less and have more inner peace. Who doesn’t want less suffering and more inner peace?...
Do it Now! (Letters from a Nursing Home Administrator)
Dear friends,At the age of 50 I became the first-time administrator of a 100-bed nursing home in a rural Canadian community. It was, and continues to be, the most meaningful work I have done in my life. Fifty is the age when, no matter how optimistic you are (and I...
Freedom
Knowing that you have no debt, that you can pay your bills, and that you have money in the bank to spend...but you won't...is a special kind of freedom. It comes from downgrading your life, instead of upgrading it. It is about sorting and sifting through all the...
Just Begin
I found it very difficult to post this first blog post. It makes me feel vulnerable and exposed. I knew that if I was going to do this, I had to just begin.