The Last Bookstore in LA has to be one of the most fun bookstores I’ve been to. It even has a labyrinth made of books! We discovered the store in the Historic District of La (I hadn’t even realised that LA had an Historic District before this trip!) I was there the week Maya […]
Wherever I travel I make a point of finding interesting or beautiful bookstores. Over the last year, I’ve had quite a few bookstore adventures and I’d like to share some of them with you over the next few weeks. Each store has something unique that I found intriguing or fun. So here’s Number One of […]
#35 Days of Dares #34 Dare to Change In this first week of Autumn in the southern hemisphere I’m reminded of the fact that I change, just like nature does in the seasons. In Autumn we see the leaves begin to change colour and fall. The trees ready themselves to shut down over […]
#35 Days of Dares #33 Dare to Receive Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart. Brené Brown I don’t know about you, but it’s easy to give advice, criticism and gifts, but not so easy to receive them. Today, I dare you to receive. Receive […]
#35 Days of Dares #32 Dare to Be Spontaneous In yesterday’s post I dared you to plan and today I’m encouraging you to be spontaneous. What’s the deal? Plans and spontaneity go together. Ask any creative person and they’ll tell you to learn the rules, then break them. Jazz musicians are notorious for this. There […]
#35 Days of Dares #30 Dare to Have That Conversation Some conversations are hard. Some conversations never happen. Some conversations should happen. Some conversations need to happen. Some conversations change you. In the adventure of life, certain conversations can change your course forever. In my life several change points have occurred because of a conversation: 1. […]
#35 Days of Dares #27 Dare to Be Embarrassed A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free. Nikos Kazantzakis When the fear of being embarrassed holds you back from trying new things or from sharing your creative work, you need to face that fear and do […]
#35 Days of Dares #26Dare to Go Outside To live an adventurous, creative life, we need to get outside literally and figuratively. Creativity thrives when we break out of our same old routine. Even the smallest changes can help get us out of a rut and encourage creative thinking. Here are five ways to ‘get outside’ and find inspiration: 1. Go […]
#35 Days of Dares #24 Dare to Fail Miserably Sometimes we fail. We fail miserably. When that happens the easiest thing to do is retreat and to promise ourselves that we will never, ever allow ourselves to feel that sense of failure again. So, we avoid the pain of failure by not challenging ourselves. The […]
