http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog Life, love and getting (amazing) stuff done Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every Friday, Peace & Projects will share some amazing stories from the week and celebrate the success of others. So take a much-needed break from work, click around and enjoy. To submit a link for next week, please contact me. Have a peaceful weekend. Life How to make your own cosmetics from Rowdy Kittens. ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/free-love-friday-spread-the-love-13/ I love ideas. I love jotting them down like little gems in my pretty, hipster notebook. "That's a great idea." With emphasis on the idea part. Without something to motive me, the ideas sit, sit, sit like diamonds in the rough. Lesson learned: Without action, ideas don't mean much. One thing I've realized since quitting ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/how-to-get-motivated-to-get-stuff-done/ There used to be a time I wanted bigger everything - bigger house, bigger yard, bigger car, bigger income. In the past few years, I've learned something about myself and the world in general: Bigger isn't better. By embracing minimalism, the lure of have a bigger house and yard has faded ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/how-to-grow-a-prairie-in-suburbia/ Every Friday, Peace & Projects will share some amazing stories from the week and celebrate the success of others. So take a much-needed break from work, click around and enjoy. To submit a link for next week, please contact me. Have a peaceful weekend. Life Good stuff from Rowdy Kittens: The art of community ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/free-love-friday-spread-the-love-12/ In between the busyness of work, getting a reasonably healthy dinner on the table and cleaning the kitchen, there's what I like to call "flashes of clarity." It happens when I'm stripped free of being needed - by the kids, Mr. Right, the dog, housework. There, like a ghost,  is the ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/craving-clarity-try-these-five-questions/ A reader emailed me to ask: How do you make money now without a day job? Good question! If all this "giving up your day job" talk is making you drool, the reality is that I still need money to live. I still have bills and pretty things I want to ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/a-guide-to-making-money-without-a-day-job/ Every Friday, Peace & Projects will share some amazing stories from the week and celebrate the success of others. So take a much-needed break from work, click around and enjoy. To submit a link for next week, please contact me. Have a peaceful weekend. Life Everett Bogue shared 12 lessons he learned from year one ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/free-love-friday-spread-the-love-11/ Give me some time and I'll find a way to spend it. Chores, blogging, time with the kids, reading, biking, styling my hair. I'm sure you have a list, too. Add things like morning routines, a day job and sex and suddenly you're wobbling to find balance. A priority or two ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/out-of-balance/ A good movie has memorable scenes. Like a lover's quarrel from the roof of a high-rise or a robbery planned in the junkyard. Scenes like this become the salt and pepper for stories. That's what Donald Miller describes in his book A Million Miles In A Thousand Years. His message is simple: Memorable scenes belong ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/a-list-for-jumping-into-a-life-of-memorable-scenes/ Every Friday, Peace & Projects will share some amazing stories from the week and celebrate the success of others. So take a much-needed break from work, click around and enjoy. To submit a link for next week, please contact me. Have a peaceful weekend. Life Lessons from a TV Free Life on Be More With ... http://www.peaceandprojects.com/blog/2010/07/free-love-friday-spread-the-love-10/