I was feeling nostalgic and looking through old photo albums, and I realized I was coming across so many moments in my life that I would label as fearless. Some were mine, some I witnessed from others — but all make me stop and remember those times for the awe and inspiration I felt, the [...]
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Be Fearless: Moments in Time
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged #befearless, experiences, fearless, life, moments, photos on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Figure out what matters to you. Stop.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged changes, fearless, Italy, passion, simple. life on April 24, 2012 | 3 Comments »
A year ago, I came back from Costa Rica with their mantra of “pura vida!” or the “pure life” in my mind and heart. A few days ago I returned from Italy with much of the same feeling, but in their own words. I learned so much about the slow food movement in Italy, and [...]
Is Not Being Afraid the Same as Being Fearless?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged #befearless, risks, travel on April 16, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Next up in the #BeFearless series, my friend Sarah, who works in online communications at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. You can read more of her stories at her blog, QueSarah.net. A little more than five years ago, an amazing opportunity was presented to me: a chance to go to Thailand for work, to [...]
Defining Fearless
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged #befearless, fearlessness, growing up, journey, life, risks on April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I shared a post from my friend Lauree to kick off my personal series on being fearless, taking inspiration from my organization’s commitment to the movement. You’ll be seeing more from my friends in coming months, but for now, I wanted to share my own thoughts on what it has meant [...]
Let it be said, let it be done, etc, etc, etc.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fearless, goals, half marathon, rock n roll half marathon, run, running on March 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Last fall, I said I wanted to push my limits and sign up for a half marathon. Yesterday, I ran my first 13.1 mile race, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in DC…and I will say that it easily is one of the most fun things I’ve ever done, and one of my proudest moments. [...]
Living Fearfully
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged be fearless, fearlessness, simply leap on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, the organization I work for declared its intention to Be Fearless in all that we do in 2012 in beyond. Inspired by our new message and journey, I am starting a Be Fearless blog series on Lagniappe, in which I’ll feature Fearless stories from guest bloggers, and my own reflections, in coming months. [...]
Give me one reason to stay here…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged friends, lovers, reasons, relationships, tracy chapman on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
…and I’ll turn right back around. So goes the Tracy Chapman song. She’s been jilted, maybe cheated on, walked on, treated badly by her lover. We don’t know exactly what happened, but we do know that she’s tired of going through the same motions of feeling loved, then pushed aside. She wants a reason to [...]
DC Bucket List Redux: 5 year anniversary
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bucket list, DC, things to do in DC on February 12, 2012 | 7 Comments »
A year ago, I created a DC bucket list for my fifth year here, as a I celebrated my fourth anniversary of moving to the city. Below is the original list with the items I’ve completed crossed off. So I still have the remaining items to check off, and I’ve also added a few more [...]
Remind yourself what you deserve
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, friends, relationships, reminders, respect, self on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
When we are feeling rejected by someone or something, it’s easy to get down on ourselves and come up with all the reasons why it happened to us. It’s easy to try to rationalize someone else’s actions or decisions or find ways to defend them, even if they hurt us. It’s also common for us [...]
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