How to Write Year-in-Review | Planning Season Series

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How to Write Year-in-Review | Planning Season Series

This year, my intuition called for radical change.

Doing this “Year-in-Review” activity helps to represence all the incredible things that occurred this year - all in one place. I asked myself, What did you lean into and give your time and attention? What results did you see from your efforts? Who did you connect with? Where did you go? The answers to these questions, found by racking my memory, re-reading my journals, and flipping through the year’s photos on my hard drive, paint the picture of a year well-lived.

Read on and try this activity for yourself as you plan for 2020.

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Missing the Taste of Tradition

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Missing the Taste of Tradition

Last July, I moved from my hometown of St Petersburg, FL to Oak Ridge, TN. I embarked on this new adventure with excitement, trepidation, and an open mind. While I expected to miss friends and the routine of my previous life, I didn't intend to miss this small but meaningful tradition. Read about one of my favorite gems in Tampa, FL and get a mini-travel guide for your next visit! 

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Women Taking Leaps - Interview with Freya Dowson

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Women Taking Leaps - Interview with Freya Dowson

This week, I caught up with Freya Dowson, a freelance international humanitarian storyteller. She may be new to freelancing but her career in the not-for-profit sector, creating stunning media to compel support for a variety of initiative spans nearly a decade. In this latest Women Taking Leaps interview, we discuss how self-doubt holds us back, how she copes with a career that takes her to unpredictable places, and the wisdom Freya has cultivated that's carried her to international artist renown. 

Don't miss this text excerpt of my interview with Freya Dowson for Women Taking Leaps! 

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Brazil on Film: 1 Year Later

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Brazil on Film: 1 Year Later

South America hadn't been on my 'list'. That bucket list I write down over and over, things to do, places to go, what to try, who to be. South America just didn't make that list. Scary, dangerous, language barrier, climate, whatever the news was feeding me at the time. It wasn't on my list, but the opportunity arose and I took it. 

I'm grateful I did.

This post isn't about the trip. It isn't a travel guide; it certainly isn't about the Olympics, which was happening at the time and which I did attend; it isn't about food or neighborhoods or anything like that. It isn't even about people, truly, though the trip (and Rio by nature) was full of them, touching my life and changing my perspective. 

It's about 6 rolls of film that sat on my shelf for a year.

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