More Marathon Musings... Finding the Right Mindset

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Something occurred to me earlier this week as I was on the treadmill. My running coach Marisa had sent me a beautiful e-mail, telling me she knew I was disappointed with my recent marathon time but she thought that in time I would come to see this race as a major accomplishment. That being able to ignore feelings of pain and wanting to stop showed me my true capabilities. 

I was thinking about her words as I ran (And her arms. Marisa has the most awesome sculpted arms. I covet them.) What I was thinking was that I wasn't quite sure if she was right because, frankly, not finishing the marathon was never an option. Literally. It would just

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Do I Want A Job? Hmm...

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Last year, on a whim and recommendation from a friend, I applied for a job writing speeches and marketing copy for a university chancellor. However, after considering the hours of the job, the fact that the work was onsite, and that I had upcoming travel and other commitments, I excused myself from the interview process. Although I love working in a campus setting, I wasn't sure I could commit to the work on a long-range basis and didn't want to waste the university's time training me if I wasn't sure I would stick with it. 

The other day, I received an e-mail from the person at this university I'd been in contact with the last go around. "Are you still looking for employment?" asked the e-mail.

Huh. There's a thinker. As a freelancer,

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Day of Errands

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Today is one of those days where I'm moving nonstop all day, but not technically getting much of any "real" work done. I don't mind. I like the luxury of allowing myself a "catch-up-on-life" day every now and again.

It's 10 AM and so far I've baked a quiche, cleaned the upstairs, run 2 loads of laundry, packaged Lessons In Stalking books to mail out (orders - yea!), combed Lucy, recharged my iPod, gone through and DEALT WITH all remaining e-mails, called the vet to have Lucy's medicine ready to pick-up, compiled a bag of clothes to take to Goodwill, cleaned the kitchen, and attended to a few on-line projects.

Still in my future, the actual trip to

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Daily Cat Tip at Catster.com

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Catster I'm the guest "Daily Cat Tip" blogger this week at Catster.com. Click here to read the profile they posted and here to read the tips. 

BTW, Karen Nichols, who beat me out of the job for blogger for The Cat's Meow on Catster, is a freaking awesome, hysterically funny writer. Seeing how much work she puts into it, I'm not bitter at all about losing out to her. The better cat lover won. =) If you love cats, you need to be reading Karen's blog.