Depression is a Disease

In our family we jokingly refer to “the crazy gene.” See, my dad suffers from depression.  He’s had the kind of depression that got treated with shock treatments in the 60’s.  I remembered those Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest days in my dad’s life.  I was a scared teenager – and swore…

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Teach and you will Learn

It’s important to keep learning.  That’s why I like teaching so much. Tonight I have a Creating Facebook Fan Pages class I’m teaching at Hampton NIACC.  Facebook is pretty good at updating their information and my old PowerPoint presentation from 6 months ago needed updating.  Off I went to Google to do a little research.…

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9 Destructive Reasons We Cling To Clutter

Today’s guest blogger is Christine Kane.  She’s a semi regular here at Debworks and we love her common sense! Enjoy. “Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery A retired man once told me he loved going camping with his wife because camping…

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Down time at the Lake

I was at a party at a cottage on Beeds Lake late last year.  I just loved the house!  It overlooked the lake, had two bedrooms and a huge living room.  I volunteered to house sit if she ever needed someone.  I got the call this week asking if I still wanted to house sit.…

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Slide Share

Want to learn something?  Go check out www.slideshare.net   Here’s a great guide I found on making Fancy Facebook Fan Pages! Fancy Facebook Fan Pages – A Step By Step Guide

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If You Want a Powerful Day, Create a Personal Morning Ritual

Christine Kane is one of my favorite guest bloggers – please enjoy her post today. Your habits create your destiny. Have you ever heard that one? Even if you have, read it again. Then read it again. And yea, one more time. 🙂 Then, consider this: Your habits also create your confidence, courage and even your creativity!…

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The Power of Community

I’m a Chicago Bears fan.  A proud Chicago Bears fan. Bears fan around the world today are one big community.  We are thinking, breathing and praying all together.  This is our Super Bowl today. Win – and we’ll celebrate.  High fives, beers, I told you so’s, tweets, facebook comments — you’ll see us all over…

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Why do I want to make lists in Facebook?

Create lists.  One for friends, one for fan pages, one for locals, one for social media people, one for news ….. you get the idea.  Here’s how: Go to Friends (on the left side) and click. Edit friends. Create a list. Create more if you want. Then when you roll your mouse over the area…

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A cottage to visit when you need a break

I have a spot I go to and find peace and quiet.  I can be anywhere in the world and access this spot. It’s a cottage.  The owner is very content there.  She shares lots of pics and great information. I visited today and got a chance to win a very cool sign for my…

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Get Over Yourself – Create Your Reality

I had a conversation about exploring possibilities versus complaining about the lack of them. If you are stuck in the “why does this happen to me” world – get out of it.  It’s dangerous over there and nothing good ever happens in that world.  How DO you get out of that miserable world? 1. Turn…

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