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About dfolstad58

I live in the South Okanagan. BC. I enjoy reading, exercise, toastmasters. spending time with my son, my daughter, & her husband , and my patient wife. I try to respond personally to every comment on my blog, and in this way I hope to get to know my readers a little bit and and am able to thank readers for their encouragement on what they liked and suggestions on what they would like to see me try in order to improve.

Optimist or Pessimist – which are you?

Posted on May 8, 2014 by dfolstad58

The story goes that psychologists doing a study picked two boys, one a pessimist and the other an optimist. They put the pessimist in a room filled with toys all wrapped up. In no time at all he had opened … Continue reading →

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Letting Go Of The Trivial

Posted on May 8, 2014 by dfolstad58

Originally posted on BASE girl:
triv·i·al ˈtrivēəl/ adjective  1.of little value or importance. That is the literal definition of trivial. Most people place so much additional importance on small things that at the end of the day, or in the big picture,…

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Big or Small – We all need to take them

Posted on May 3, 2014 by dfolstad58

Sometimes we forget.  Almost everything we can point to in our life,  jobs, friendships, skills,  we have them because we took big or small risks. Some of those small risks paid out big time. When you invite a person you … Continue reading →

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Everyone has been N’d by someone, and glad for it

Posted on May 1, 2014 by dfolstad58

You probably know someone who is really good at N‘ing. Maybe you have N“d a few times especially after someone N’d you and you appreciated it. Most of us need a little N now and then because we get complacent … Continue reading →

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Add or Subtract?

Posted on April 21, 2014 by dfolstad58

I wonder what it is about  wasting time that to me is scary.  So valuable, yet so easily wasted, so easily slipping through my fingers.  I did an inventory and realized that daily there are some things I want to … Continue reading →

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Stop the day, let’s rewind back and start over

Posted on April 19, 2014 by dfolstad58

Every day I glide out of bed, smile on my face at 5:30 just before the alarm goes off and I feel refreshed, energized and exuberant to face challenges and daily chores. You think I do?  You neither eh?  Everyone … Continue reading →

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