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Taking It All In Stride
I was asked to Substitute on Thursday. Then the person requested a change and asked me to substitute Tuesday. On Monday, the person asked me to wait and see, only to come back later and say, maybe it could be … Continue reading
Posted in adapting, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, confidence, conflict resolution, confrontation, decisions, patience, problem solving, problems, relationships, relaxation, starting a blog
Tagged best of blogs, dealing with it, decision making, gems, patience, relaxing, taking it easy, taking it in stride, unearthed gems
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So That’s What 900 Feels Like
It wasn’t until after I finished writing the blog–several hours after–that I realized I had hit a kind of milestone. The last blog was my 900th blog. I know, I know, 1000 is the milestone and 900 is just the … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, celebration, growing your blog, increasing blog traffic, milestones, smile, starting a blog, writing
Tagged blog, blog posts, blogging, celebration, followers, greatest hits, posts, recommendations, writing
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A Digital Experiment
I tried an experiment in my class on Monday, and I am a bit at a loss as to what to do with it. You see, my students need to write better in English to progress through their levels. They … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, digital, ESL, experiment, growing your blog, increasing blog traffic, starting a blog, students, teaching, writing
Tagged 21st century, blog, blog posts, blogging, digital experiment, ESL, experiment, modern world, practice, students, teaching, writing
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Rejecting the Predictable
These days, if you’re hungry and you’re not looking for a fancy sit down meal, it’s pretty easy to succumb to a fast food choice, or maybe a fast casual choice. Its taste will be predictable and there is something … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, delicious, eating, ethnic food, food, food blogging, perspective, restaurant
Tagged chef burger, chicken sandwich, delicious, eating, food, food blogging, hungry, Richmond Hill
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Well Done Everyone
It was a great surprise to me, but perhaps not to most of you, but yesterday’s post on editing and errors generated a lot of great comments. I had believed that I alone had the inability to easily spot and correct … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, editing, growing your blog, help, increasing blog traffic, knowledge, mistakes, positive comments, starting a blog, thanks
Tagged blog post, blogpost, blogs, commenting, comments, correcting, corrections, editing, errors, mistakes, thanks
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Typing Through the Typos
Dear readers and members of the WordPress community, I need your help. Let me explain. As of late, a friend has been pointing out the numerous typos and errors that I have been making while writing these posts. Sometimes I … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, editing, growing your blog, mistakes, travel writing, writing
Tagged blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, correction, editing, errors, typing mistakes, typos, writing
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Getting Sick
Thank you everyone for reading about my adventures in Costa Rica. Your comments and encouragement were especially rewarding. I was really on the fence about the trip before going–despite already paying for the thing. Maybe it was nerves, or maybe … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, Costa Rica, disappointment, health, illness, motivation, recover, sick, travel, travel writing, winter
Tagged blog posts, blogging, Costa Rica, flu, health, illness, motivation, photos, rafting, recovery, symptoms, travel, travel writing, Zipline
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And So It Ends
My last full day in Costa Rica was a free morning with the promise of a long car ride back to San Jose in the afternoon. One of my fellow travellers recommended a place not too far from … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, blog, blog posts, blogging, blogposts, breakfast, coffee, Costa Rica, food, G Adventures, travel, travel writing, vacation
Tagged airports, breakfast, coffee, Costa Rica, flights, goodbye, grilled cheese, photographs, photos, sandals, shoes, the end, the final days, trip is over
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Advice from the Family
I am not sure how it came up, but my family were talking about my blog. Of course, they weren’t talking to me, but amongst themselves. While they weren’t being critical, they were expressing their opinion about the topics of … Continue reading →