I’ve got a stack of articles on my desk that I want to blog about when I get the time, so today I’ll choose one that sticks out from the pack. It’s from “Real Simple” magazine’s “The Motivator” column.

Life Coach Gail Blanke writes that life can pass you by while you wait for just the right time. So true. Especially for women. I don’t know why, but I think that women tend to wait for things to happen. Wait for the right moment, the perfect situation, while men just jump in — not afraid to fail. I’m sure this applies to me at times, but I’m trying to change that.

When I started this blog I wanted it to be perfect so that I could generate huge amounts of traffic from the start. I don’t like to do things half-way. Then I got stuck on what to name it. Every URL I choose was already taken. I waited, and waited. Kept trying names, focusing just on the name. Then, I decided that I have to move forward. Have to take action even if I can’t come up with an appropriate name.

I started by writing down my goals for the blog. Almost immediately, a name emerged. From that moment, I purchased the URL and began blogging. It’s still a work in progress, but my traffic is increasing and I’m getting there. Had I waited for the perfect moment, I probably still wouldn’t be blogging.

Blanke gives great advice in her “What are you waiting for?” column (September issue, “Real Simple”) and summarizes it into these four easy steps:

4 Steps To Embracing Your Power

1. Don’t disqualify yourself from the race before it even begins. Doubting yourself is no way to get things done.
2. Make a list of your “wins”" the times you made the catch, made the call, or made the day. Revel in your wins every time you face a new challenge.
3. Abandon the list of your “losses.” No great trapeze artist ever walks into the big top thinking about the time she fell. Don’t you do it, either.
4. When the opportunity presents itself, take it. When the opening occurs, step forward. When the envelope arrives, open it.

I’m going to take Blanke’s advice today and try to move my blog to a new server — something I’ve wanted to do for about a month now, but am nervous about doing it because I’m afraid something will go wrong. Although I understand “tech-speak,” I’m not a techie and don’t do code anymore (it’s too advanced for me now). But this shouldn’t be that hard so I’ll give it a try. If you find something broken, give me a shout.

I recently wrote about how mothers have a sixth sense, a gut instinct, when it comes to our kids. While watching yesterday’s “Oprah Winfrey Show,” actress Jenny McCarthy mentioned this same sense, she calls it the Mommy Sense. She used this in diagnosing her son with autism.

When a doctor told her that her son had epilepsy, she knew the diagnosis was incorrect … from her gut, she knew, she explains. She pushed forward, with another doctor and got the correct diagnosis — autism. Had she not listened to her Mommy Sense, who knows when she would have received the correct information.

We all need to use this as a reminder to trust our Motherly instincts, our guts, our hearts. Even when you can’t explain why you know; if you know you are right, press on.

This quote is from an unusual source, a cooking show, but it is applicable to the all aspects of life. It’s perfect for procrastinators.

“You take some time,
when you have some time,
to save some time,
when you don’t.”

– Michael Chiarello

“Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello”
February 4, 2007

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I’m a regular reader of “The Orlando Sentinel’s” Help Yourself blog, written by a friend of mine, Kris Hey. She offers simple tips and inspirations. Yesterday I read a post she wrote about how long it takes to break a habit; it reminded me of a story I heard about a Pastor of a church who started a movement to get people to stop complaining. He was featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” earlier this year where he explained how it works.

He says that it takes 21 days to stop a habit and suggests that you wear a bracelet on your wrist as reminder to not complain. Once you complain, you have to move the bracelet to the other wrist and start over. The goal is to keep the bracelet on the same wrist for 21 days. His Web site explains it here.

The church mails the bracelets out free as a service. Request a bracelet here.

Read more about the segment on Oprah’s Web site.

Two weeks ago I was on a mini-trip for some R&R. When I travel I always bring an arsenal of things to do: book, spiral notebook, journal, pens and magazines. I really can’t travel without these essentials.

While at my destination, I was searching for my pen so I pulled out all of the items in the bag and tossed them on the bed. The photo in this post is exactly how the items landed. I thought nothing of it, until I returned to my room later and saw the message loud and clear: Do What You Love. Not only is the message the only text that is readable, but it is the only text that was facing the correct way to be seen and read upon reentering the room.

It’s fitting that I would get this message while on a trip to rejuvenate myself. I’m posting this as a message for other women too in hopes that it will inspire all of us to do what we truly love and try to make something of it.