What a Dream Board Can Do for You

by clairediazortiz | Jun 17, 2013 | Goals

I’m not sure where I first heard of the idea of a dream board, but suffice to say the first time I heard about it I thought it sounded silly. A little Kindergarten-like. A little arts-and-craftsy. A little, well, not me.  But that was before Pinterest. Because...

When Non-Essentials Matter More Than You Think

by clairediazortiz | Jun 12, 2013 | Uncategorized

I’m typically rather obsessed with not caring about the little things, and sometimes that can be a bad thing. My husband , for one, has long told me I don’t pay enough attention to detail at times, and I know I have made mistakes as a result. Come to our...

Why Non-Writers Should Learn to Free Write

by clairediazortiz | Jun 10, 2013 | Blogging

I was listening to a good audiobook recently on the writing process called Accidental Genius. The premise of the whole book can basically be summed up in one sentence: Free writing does a body good.  The act of free writing (of putting down things on paper without...

Does Practice Really Make Perfect?

by clairediazortiz | Jun 5, 2013 | Uncategorized

Last year, one of my friends had a baby. It was a natural birth. It was also a home birth. It was also her fifth. Yup. A mere hour or so before giving birth, she was apparently chatting on Skype with some other bloggers, saying it was time to put on some mascara (for...

How Much Does it Cost to Travel Around the World?

by clairediazortiz | Jun 3, 2013 | Travel

I spent 2006 on the road. And I mean that in the capital letter sense. The Road. Over the course of a year, I traveled to 19 countries and fulfilled my dream of, well, “traveling around the world for a year.” I’m not sure why that timeframe was...