Get Out of Your Comfort Zone Articles

Left on Red? Resistance to a new identity

Left on Red? Resistance to a new identity

Did you know there are times you can turn left on a red light?? When the "right on red" laws passed eons ago, I didn't remember learning this! PS - more recent drivers aren't taught this either! Left on red? Brake for horses? And what in the world is a...

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Could this be my new tiny home?

Could this be my new tiny home?

This banner from a travel expo expresses the sentiment of having all the choices... When “The World is your Oyster” and you have the opportunity to choose what you want, how does it make you feel?  Excited?  Or overwhelmed? Or both?  The range of...

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Finding Fun, the Adventure

Finding Fun, the Adventure

the story behind creating my first e-book Finding Fun: The Play Boo to move from “woe is me” to “WOW is me” – in 10 liberating steps

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Adventure in their backyards

Adventure in their backyards

Sitting in my (former) backyard, where many adventures were had and plotted My backyard is not (necessarily) your backyard, yet adventures are there when you look for them.  Recently, as you may or may not know, I sold off my house and am on a journey to creating...

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The Hula Hoop Solution

The Hula Hoop Solution

If hula hoop is the solution, which question does it answer? Learn new things? Try new things? What exercise could be done that would be fun and be done while traveling cross country?  When I saw a woman, Geri, my age(ish) selling custom made hula hoops that come...

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First tattoo at my age?

First tattoo at my age?

Ben (@Ben_bernal) the artist, was so gentle and kind. He made sure I was happy with the size, style and placement before doing any work. He treated me as if I were one of his biggest clients, even though I got probably the easiest and smallest ones he's done in a long...

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Blue hair, don’t care – the silver edition

A woman drove by me today and yelled out her car window “I love your hair!” Ever have one of those moments when you realize that how you see yourself isn’t how others see you?  It’s so easy to look in the mirror and see the flaws instead of the overall beauty of...

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Camp hair, don’t care

Camp hair, don’t care

Change is hard Imagine this, you have sold your home and moving somewhere new (even if you haven’t done it, imagine it…for now).  The excitement of the road calls, and while you’re excited to travel…you also have to give up some things that have become a comfort.  How...

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Catharsis – from stress to adventure

Catharsis – from stress to adventure

Rain poured through the tent, soaking everything at the edges, including the bottom of my sleeping bag.  There was no air mattress for me that night, so I laid on the hard ground.  And a nearby camp played their thumping music loud into the wee hours of the...

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