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Know Thyself: Personal Growth in 25 Questions, Part 1

October 15, 2017 No Comments

“What are you most proud of?” “How do you relax?” “How do you want to be remembered in life?” These are just a few questions I’m asking myself this month as part of my Blogtober challenge, so I’m dedicating a couple of {more personal} posts about my own personal growth . In doing so, I found a personal growth exercise featuring 25 questions, which I hope you will try to answer. And in a way, I also want this to serve as an {informal} introduction that lets you get to know a little bit about me, the person behind “Green Acres […]

Life, Travel

New Year’s Eve Around the World

January 1, 2017 No Comments

Happy New Years! I always try {but sometimes fail} to stay up and watch the ball drop in Times Square in New York City. By the time you read this, you will also have celebrated New Year’s in your own way, with family and/or friends, with a fancy cocktail or non-alcoholic beverage of your choice. You will have watched fireworks light up the midnight sky, turned to your love and planted a big kiss on their lips, and sang the New Year’s Eve Song, “Auld Lang Syne”. Well, I’m a bit of a home-body, so yes, I watched the celebration […]

Musings and Ramblings

42 Habits to Make Yourself Better

October 16, 2016 No Comments

Some mornings, I wake up and feel like I’m not not living up to my potential, like there is something more that I could be doing to make myself a better person. I’ve read stories from actors or actresses, musicians, and writers who have felt their calling their entire lives. But like most people, I’m still trying to figure it out. So how can we, or to personalize it, how can I make myself better? Read a book every day. Wake up early. Acknowledge your flaws. Avoid negative people. Stop watching TV. Show kindness to people around you. These are just a […]

Musings and Ramblings

Daily Reminders to Yourself

August 10, 2014 No Comments

I think it’s important to have little daily reminders because in this day and age, life can sometimes try to bring us down. So when I found this little list of “5 Things to Remind Yourself Daily” on Pinterest, via LifeHack, I wanted to share it with everyone. These daily reminders remind me of other life affirmations. Does anyone remember Al Franken’s character, Stuart Smalley, on SNL. Stuart would look into a mirror and say, “I am good enough, I am smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.” And let us not forget the wonderful reminder from Viola Davis’ […]