Melina Meador
Reflecting Over 2018
Even though we had our first snowfall this week and it's peppermint hot chocolate land all over the place, I'm slowly looking ahead to...
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Melina Meador
- Dec 10, 2018
- 3 min
Knowing When to Tighten the Lines and When to Hold Them Loosely
My husband took me sailing when we were dating. He was a newish sailor and enjoyed being a member of a sailing club (which sounds so...
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Melina Meador
- Dec 4, 2018
- 4 min
When It’s Time to Let A Skill Go
I have been wrestling with this idea of what to do when you’ve spent the Gladwellian 10,000 hours (or more) on a skill and you slowly...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 28, 2018
- 2 min
When a Dark and Cold Day Descends
Depending on your location on this diverse planet, you will encounter days of gloom, fog, sunsets (oh but did the sun ever appear?) at...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 25, 2018
- 1 min
Old Things
Look at that chair. Look at the arms. That chair is one of the oldest things in our home. It belonged to my great grandmother, Zinnovia....
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Melina Meador
- Nov 20, 2018
- 4 min
What Role Does Outside Stimulation Have in Our Lives?
I’m reading War and Peace by Tolstoy for the first time and it living up to its hype! It has such a huge reputation that it’s almost a...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 19, 2018
- 1 min
Regrets and Action
Have you ever known that you were to do something – write that card, say those words, take that action – and you shared it with someone...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 16, 2018
- 4 min
Schole Talk: What to Do With Your Toddlers
So you are all “in” with the idea of schole – time to learn, think, create – but you have toddlers. This is different than having a...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 15, 2018
- 1 min
Handwriting Scripture #3
This whole handwriting scripture and attempting to paint a face for one of the characters has been so much fun! Really, I've been...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 13, 2018
- 4 min
Front-loading Your Day
Front-load: to assign costs or benefits to the early stages of a contract, project, or time period. Transitive verb. First usage as...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 12, 2018
- 2 min
When All You Have is 20 Minutes
Do you have something you really want to do (write a book, play an instrument, make a special handicraft, create a website, start a...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 8, 2018
- 1 min
Timers
Your smartphone may be your biggest distraction but it also is awfully handy. Do you use timers? I tell you what, timers are amaaaazing. ...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 8, 2018
- 4 min
Making Friends as a Single Adult
Have I lived enough? Have I loved enough? Have I considered Right Action enough, have I come to any conclusion? Have I experienced...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 7, 2018
- 2 min
Accepting Compliments and Criticism
“My good deeds are Thine appointments, and Thy gifts; my evil ones are my offenses and Thy judgements.” St. Augustine, Confessions, Book...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 6, 2018
- 2 min
Walking to “Order” the Mind
Recently I heard a Psychologist say that some people use their phones and either social media or games for “ordering” their mind. She...
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Melina Meador
- Nov 5, 2018
- 3 min
30-Day Exercise Challenge
When my youngest child was about 4 months old, I, despairing of ever feeling like a healthy, slim woman again, went to the store to buy...
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Melina Meador
- Oct 31, 2018
- 1 min
Book Collections: Lifelong Joi de Vivre!
I was lucky enough to study in London in my early 20’s. My mom sent me a book in the mail which was terrific-ly expensive! I don’t know...
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Melina Meador
- Oct 30, 2018
- 3 min
How Work Makes Us More Human
I overhead an older lady in a nursing home today. She was telling the Activities Director that she was desperate for some “work” to do....
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Melina Meador
- Oct 28, 2018
- 1 min
Handwriting Scripture
I began watercolor painting earlier this year and I’m not great at it but I find it incredibly peaceful and life-giving – Schole, for...
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Melina Meador
- Oct 28, 2018
- 3 min
Planning for Everything
My husband recently recounted a conversation he had with a person who was about to embark on a second marriage. She said of her first...
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