Category Archives: Reflections

Best Advice

My THERAPIST gave me one of the BEST pieces of advice, ever, which was “COMPARE”, and DESPAIR.” If you compare yourself to PEOPLE, you’re always going to feel this sense of EMPTINESS. — Ella Emhoff The Best piece of ADVICE … Continue reading

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Do A Skills Audit

If you are in business, you know about the SWOT analysis. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Do your own SWOT analysis: Write down your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. While I am proficient at reading financial statements, … Continue reading

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The Icon

An icon to me is someone who ACTS without PERMISSION, without waiting to be TOLD that it’s Okay to be THEMSELVES.  – Moses Sumney Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life … Continue reading

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Rely on Pets and Friends

This is a particularly bad time for me. I do not have any family. My husband died of dementia about 6 years ago. I am losing a close friend to cognitive issues and another to cancer. I am the cranky … Continue reading

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Advice from a (Broken) Fortune Cookie

I’m just not going to leave  Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each … Continue reading

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