http://www.7greenstairs.com The Journey to Authentic Happiness Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although I have a secret yearning for a lush and perfect cottage garden like the kind you see on estate travel shows I also  know that's requires more patience than anything else. At the same time there is weeding, fertilizing and pruning that needs to happen to get it there.  ... http://www.7greenstairs.com/2010/03/the-no-excuses-project-the-imperfect-garden/ It's possible to be both extroverted and shy, or just shy in person but not in email - there are all kinds of combinations. Shyness isn't something necessarily to overcome, the usual advice of the non-shy to those afflicted but neither is it a good excuse to do nothing. ... http://www.7greenstairs.com/2010/03/self-promotion-for-the-inherently-shy/ There's nothing really all that fancy about a snowdrop; just two colors (white and green) and three petals and yet it manages to be utterly elegant. If you reduced your life to this level of simplicity, what would it look like? Snowdrop, Juliet Chase, all rights reserved http://www.7greenstairs.com/2010/03/simplicity/ Once again I've doing a lot of 'getting ready.' There are times when I wonder if I do too much of this and I'm sure there are. The two big things this week are to be ready for my meeting with the museum gift shop next week and to have ... http://www.7greenstairs.com/2010/03/a-week-of-preparation/ So what am I going to do about all the excuses and constraints on getting more exercise?  Like photography, I'm simply going to set my sights a lot lower. Instead of the 2.5 hours a day I know it took in the past, I'm going to commit to 30 minutes ... http://www.7greenstairs.com/2010/03/the-no-excuses-project-moving-past-the-excuses-on-weight/