Kali J Desautels

Last weekend, I had a very eye opening discussion with my brother about goals. I asked him about his Bucket List, and he said something I had never heard before – he doesn’t believe in Bucket Lists. I was a little surprised, as he travels significantly and is very successful (both in his field and by any other standard of success). He elaborated by saying that waiting until you are facing mortality to do the things you want makes no sense to him. If you want something, do it. Plan for it, reach for it, grab the brass ring. If you want to live in Paris, figure out how to live there. If you want to travel through the Andes, book a trip, if you want to compete in a competition, find a trainer and start a training plan. The way he stated it, it sounded so easy. Why wait until someone comes along to fix things for you? Why live in the hopes for the future, when we could actually make things happen? Who is going to care about your dream more than you? Who even knows that you dream of running a marathon before you turn 50?⠀

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“Stop waiting on someone else to fix your life” ~ Rachel Hollis Girl, Wash Your Face⠀

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Somedays I feel like I have everything under control – I am productive, patient, I feed my kids nutritious meals, clean large swathes of my house. Other days, I feel like today – drove my kid 3 towns over for a dance class that starts next week, forgot my grocery list and bought everything but the 2 things on it, got no work done, fed my daughter McDonald’s, came home to a son who had laid in front a TV all day long… 🙈

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On days like that, what do you do? Do you laugh like a loon while your daughter frowns at you from the passenger seat? Do you cry into your coffee? What’s your reaction to a Jonah day?

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This is so very, very true. There is something remarkably soothing about a book, and when you walk into space FILLED with books, oh my gosh it is absolute heaven. They smell amazing, they are fascinating, it’s just incredible that a small item, filled with sheets of paper can exude both excitement and calm.

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Well I surely do !!! ❤️ Qotd :- ah ! For a change why don’t you ask me guys ?? #bibliophile #logophile #logophilicbibliophile #qotd #bookstagram #quotes #bookworm #instareads #booklovers #readerscorner #books #wisdom #booklove #bookdragon #readers #bookclub #nerds #treasures #bookquotes #authorlove #booknerds #bookshelf #bookseries #booksofinstagram #booksandcoffee #booksarelife

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Eunoia is the shortest English word containing all five main vowel graphemes. It comes from the Greek word εὔνοια, meaning “well mind” or “beautiful thinking.” It is also a rarely used medical term referring to a state of normal mental health. In rhetoric, eunoia is the goodwill a speaker cultivates between himself and his audience, a condition of receptivity. In book eight of Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle uses the term to refer to the kind and benevolent feelings of goodwill a spouse has which form the basis for the ethical foundation of human life. Cicero translates eunoia with the Latin word benevolentia.

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Develop a consistent uninterrupted writing schedule. #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookworm #booklover #poetsofinstagram #bookstagram #writing #author #book #read #amwriting #indieauthor #writer #writingtips #bibliophile #ilovewriting #creativewriting #fictionwriter #words #fiction #novelist #amwriting #authormemes #nanowrimo #booknerd #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #comics

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My LORD that is patronizing. I hate when my inspirational calendar annoys the bejeezus out of me!!! …

When I read this 1) I am told I am foolish; 2) I am condescendingly told “there, there dear. Don’t worry your little head. You aren’t equal to me, you are BETTER than me!!” (Which I hear in the tone of Captain Jack Sparrow “I’ll get you a new ship! A better ship!”

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Happy Friday!! Seriously, do you find that 4 day weeks seem LONGER than regular weeks? I don’t know, don’t get me wrong – I love long weekends soooo much, but the subsequent 4 days?? Yikes. So, it is with a veryyyyy glad heart that I welcome Friday!!! Here, here!!! ….

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