MamaBlogger365 - Start Writing To Get There by Kim Jennings

I just finished listening to the book on CD “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” by Marshall Goldsmith. Duh! All kidding aside, the reality is that there are things I want to do with my life -- in addition to (or maybe in spite of?) being a full-time working mom with a very active pursuit of music during nights and weekends. And my usual hero/martyr/perfectionist self is only going to make it harder to take on any more. There’s just no more room -- something’s got to give. And this is a good thing!

So I write this acknowledging that it’s a bit self-serving. It’s an exercise in awareness that I’m personally using to break old habits and build new ones.

At the very end of the book, Goldsmith walks through a visioning challenge where you imagine yourself as a 95-year-old person, and write a letter to yourself as you are today. What would you tell yourself, in all of your wisdom? This is where I would start. read more

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