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Getting Started

When we’re getting started with anything new, a million stories seem to fill our heads to deter us from our intention. This month, as I kick off my new endeavor of this website, I’ll take a closer look at some of the things that have made it difficult for me to get started—in general as well as with the DoYouMind.life project.

Getting Started

1 May 2019 |  4-Minute Read

Getting Started

While it seems perfectly logical to me to start a new blog with the theme of “Getting Started,” one quick Google search proved to me that it isn’t exactly fresh turf . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Book Review: Start Right Where You Are by Sam Bennett

6 May 2019  |  6-Minute Read

Book Review: Start Right Where You Are by Sam Bennett

I searched for a book about getting started. Not one of the jillions of books about starting specific things, but one about getting started, in general, with whatever it is you’re trying to start... CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Tackling That College Essay

15 May 2019  |  6-Minute Read

Tackling That College Essay

I am by no means an expert on getting started. In fact, if you were to ask either of my college room-mates, they’d tell you that I was an expert at putting off getting . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

With a Little Help....

31 May 2019  |  4-Minute Read

With a Little Help...

Throughout this first month of launching the DoYouMind.life website, I’ve been working to continue to develop the site—and also living life, with all its ups and downs. I’ve been getting started with a huge undertaking. . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

A Conversation With… Carmen White Janak

2 May 2019 | 1-Minute Read

A Conversation With… Carmen White Janak

In this first DoYouMind.life podcast, Carmen White Janak and I talk about the thoughts that can make Getting Started so difficult . . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Feature Photo: Persevere

8 May 2019  |  2-Minute Read

Feature Photo of the Month

"Persevere" was my intention and my word for the year a while back, and I enjoyed setting up this photo to illustrate. . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Getting Started Permission Form

20 May 2019  |  2-Minute Read

Getting Started Permission Form

I titled this website “Do You Mind” in part because we, as women, all too often ask others whether they mind if we do the things we want or need to do...We minimize, apologize, and ask for permission... CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Get Started Coloring!

4 May 2019  |  2-Minute Read

Getting Started Coloring Pages

Each month, DoYouMind.life brings you theme-based adult coloring pages. . . CLICK TO READ ARTICLE AND DOWNLOAD PAGES

Tales of a Would-Be First Grade Dropout

13 May 2019  |  5-Minute Read

Tales of a Would-Be First Grade Dropout

When I was six years old, I announced to my mother that I intended to drop of school. As soon as the year was over. Elementary school was for other kids—I was going to be a first-grade dropout... CLICK TO READ ARTICLE

Now I've Started, How Do I Keep Going?

27 May 2019  |  7-Minute Read

Now I've Started—How Do I Keep Going?

I wish I could say that once a habit is started and repeated X number of times, it’s easy to keep the momentum going, but honestly, it feels as if a million different things tug at us and pull us away from Intention. .. CLICK TO READ ARTICLE