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Believe you can make it.
Belief is so magically energizing. It propels you to seek answers to
questions, continue to troubleshoot wrong turns, and see the project
through to completion. Suddenly you are researching your interests,
engaging in forums, and taking a class simply because you believe in
your own potential.
Be present in the moment of the making.
To get the most out of every action you take during the making, focus on
what you’re doing. If you are threading the needle, thread the needle. Don’t
plan tomorrow’s staff meeting, rehash yesterday’s argument, or watch TV.
Place yourself in the moment to receive every emotional, physical, and psychological bit of the success high.
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Celebrate your progress.
Pat yourself on the back even if it’s a virtual
pat. Do your version of a happy dance at
accomplishments along the way. Celebrating
your success is such a boost for your self-confidence and self-esteem. The more success
you recognize the more success you realize.
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By Kristi Stone
Be outcome independent.
When you’ve made something and your critics quickly point to where you dropped a stitch
and burned the edges, when they quickly point out the bug in the code, the over shot budget, and the missed deadline, smile at these imperfections. Allow yourself to linger through
the afterglow. Despite your own embarrassment and disappointment, laugh as only the
stoned can. Then mark the flaws as targets. Grab the bottle, fire up the bowl, pick up the
pen, slip the brush through the paint, play another note, make changes.
Watch the video: Make Something
o hormones have you on edge for more than one week per
month? Did you know that the products you use on your hair,
skin, face, and even the products you clean your house with
could be working against your body’s hormonal balance?
My Story
Hormones have always been an issue for me for as long ago as I can remember. Well, maybe that’s not
true—it seemed to have really begun after I gave birth to my son, Danny, who is now 23 years old. So,
for the past 23 years, I’ve been riding the hormone rollercoaster, and at first, it was a very wild ride (and I
don’t mean that in the good way)!
Being a person with oily skin, I had always had some acne to contend with, but after my son was born,
my face exploded! Remember the term “pizza face”? That was definitely me—my cheeks were full of cystic acne and sores like it never had been before. It was awful, but no more awful than the mood swings
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