Taking Steps: Day 14 – Push Past the Pain
This evening I decided to head home after work and walked 5.4 miles in about an hour. At the half way mark, my route ended at the Whitestone Bridge and a very large body of water. At that point I…
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Taking Steps: Day 13 – Undeterred
I don’t enjoy the thought of short changing myself, however there are times when I feel the right decision is to bail. I’m going through some issues right now that want me to bail completely. What’s worse, it wants me…
Taking Steps: Day 12 – Get Right Back Up
I broke budget this week. Not proud of it. The only thing I can do is swap it from money in savings and try again next week. Beating myself over it won’t solve matters, and it won’t give me any…
Taking Steps: Day 11 – Don’t Point Your Gun On Yourself
I went over to my friend’s birthday party tonight, and one of the party-goers brought their 7 year old daughter. The little girl was playing with the NERF multi-ammo suction gun, when the ammunition ran out. She pointed the gun…
Taking Steps: Day 10 – Not As Strong As I Thought
I guess I’m going to need to be more mindful on the pull video games have on me. I thought I’d just dip my toe into the water and play an app game. One game became two games. I almost…
Taking Steps: Day 9 – The Follow Through
I’m presently in my 2nd week of this and I’m still consistent. I do a little reading daily, took a walk before having dinner, worked on my finances, and today I got a chance to speak to both my parents….
Taking Steps: Day 8 – Grace
Again, short and sweet this time because I worked a double tonight and I’m really looking forward to getting some rest. I was listening to the Dave Ramsey podcast for Tuesday, 9/17/13, and unlike most other episodes, he didn’t speak…
Taking Steps: Day 7 – Giving Permission
I’m going to make this one short, since it’s after midnight and I really need to get myself to bed for tomorrow. Today a friend of mine told me that a word that I gave her on New Year’s Day…
Taking Steps: Day 6 – Life of Legos
Have you ever played with legos as a child? I think the most I was ever able to do with my set was make a wall. I guess my mind back then wasn’t able to think outside of a linear…
Taking Steps: Day 5 – Uphills & Downhills
(This is going to get REAL, just to warn you) I have a stronghold of fear in my heart that I’m aiming to beat the tar out of. Yes, you read correctly. This stronghold, I suspect has been the cause…
Taking Steps: Day 4 – Day of Rest and Repair
Saturdays are generally the only day of the week where I get to sleep in, so I take advantage of it as much as possible, however I woke up to a very alarming picture. Overnight I found out a friend…
Taking Steps: Day 3 – Short and Sweet
Going to keep this one short. This morning I was praying because I woke up in fear. I needed to get my heart right and as I was preparing to get myself ready for work, I watched a replay of…
Taking Steps – Day 1 – Getting the Funds in Order
Ok, I will admit, I’m still learning this stuff, but at least I took a step. What I basically did was make a reasonable budget for myself for the next six months, taking into account interest rates and other miscellaneous…
Rest In Peace, Lady Summer
I grew up listening to Donna Summer. My mother would play her vinyls in our apartment and it was hard to get away from seeing her video “She Works Hard For the Money” on MTV (when MTV actually played music…
What a Special Leap Day!!!
Happy leap day, everyone! Today is pretty special for two reasons: My DailySingle article is out today! Go check it out! I’ve posted a new vlog on youtube. You can watch it below. Thanks to Daron K. Harris for interviewing…
Happy Fat Tuesday!
Happy Fat Tuesday! Today is the last day of Mardi Gras and the day before Ash Wednesday. Fat Tuesday is a day generally spent living it up before the start of the “fasting” period until Easter Sunday. Some people give…
Rest In Peace, Whitney Houston
I have a confession to make: Whitney Houston reminds me of my mother. Well, my mother, if my mom was born African American. Her aura and her style just reminded me of my mom, ever since the 80’s when I…
A Night of Singing
Tonight, I decided to share some of my singing, so I recorded it and uploaded the tracks on to SoundCloud. Check them out! http://soundcloud.com/janifer
Hanging with Dad
Due to recent events, my father flew up from Louisiana. I got to hang with him for a while before he flew back out. In a rare treat, I was able to convince him to go karaoking with me. He…
We’ll Miss You, Uncle Jim
A long time ago, back in Taiwan, my father befriended a young man two years his junior. At that time, I don’t thin either of them knew that their friendship would span over 40 years, marriages, three kids, a divorce,…