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Do y'all remember the Sharpie commercial about "wr

Do y'all remember the Sharpie commercial about "writing out loud?" Well that is what I was thinking of when I took this picture.
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EXCEPT. . . I was remembering it as "live out loud!" 😂
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Side note: If you know me very well at all, you know that I am TERRIBLE with song lyrics and phrases/quotes. I just can't remember them correctly. And since I can't remember lyrics, I make up my own. And that friends is how you end up recording 3 original albums. But I am off on a tangent as usual. Squirrel! 😂
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So back to "live out loud." I happened to be looking at my closet recently and realized that I am missing color in my clothes. And since I did a major closet overhaul with @Project333 a few months ago, I can really see how muted most of my wardrobe is.
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Muted! Playing it safe. Keeping to the background. Me AND my clothes!
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Now if muted and neutral clothes make your heart sing, then I have a feeling you light up when you wear them! And I say go for it!!
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But for me, muted, neutral clothes are a symptom of what has been going on in my life for a long, long time. I haven't been hiding exactly, but I've definitely been holding myself back. Keeping to the shadows, the edges, the perimeter of the metaphorical dance floor. And bottom line, I don't want to do that anymore.
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Once again back to "live out loud." To me that translates as COLOR and I'm going to slowly start transforming my closet to my favs. Today, Raise A Glass to Pink! 🥂🌸✨ #pinklove
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P.S. How about you? Are you living out loud? If not, what's holding you back? Keeping you in the shadows? And more importantly, let me know if I can help. Together, I am confident we can get you out on the dance floor! Send me a DM or check out my link in bio to learn more about my Life Coaching services. 😀
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#liveoutloud #liveincolor #gentlydowhatisrightforyou #gentlydo #gentlydomoments #gentlydolifestyle

Sometimes you have to DECIDE to be brave. 🌿 Not

Sometimes you have to DECIDE to be brave.
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Not BE brave. That's different. I'm talking about making a decision to #BeBrave when everything in you is telling you to Run. Hide. Make yourself small, invisible, basically . . . not seen.
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But that's not living. That's not valuing what I have been given.
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That's not answering Mary Oliver's question of "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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So today I am filled with fear, but I am refusing to let that stop me from Standing up. Looking up. Holding myself up.
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Deciding, unequivocally, to Be Brave.
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Because this is what I know for sure. I will never be able to Fully Live my one wild and precious life without bravery. Never. It just won't happen.
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So who's with me today? Anyone out there feeling the call to Decide to Be Brave? Embody courage? Be seen?
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I'm with you and here for you. We can do this! ❤️
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P.S. Here is Mary Oliver's full poem that includes the question I mentioned above. It's called The Summer Day.
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Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
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#gentlydowhatisrightforyou #gentlydo #gentlydomoments #gentlydolifestyle #beseen #maryoliver

It brings me so much joy to hand paint a birthday

It brings me so much joy to hand paint a birthday card for someone that I love. #handmadecardsarethebest
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Swipe to see the card in process. #showyourwork #pigletlove 🐷❤️
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#gentlydowhatisrightforyou #gentlydo #gentlydoart #gentlydolifestyle @creativespacesnwa

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