PUT OLD ON HOLD Journal

Advocating Non-Traditional Lifelong Growth and Productivity

Quote of the day

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt

Barbara Morris

Therapy: Let’s Talk About It

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While self-help books and articles are good as far as they go, I found that I needed to look more deeply into myself to understand how I became who I was (depressed, anxious, and hating myself). Therapy helped me become who I am now (very much alive). So when I learn about others who—maybe for reasons they don't know—can't get … [Read more...] about Therapy: Let’s Talk About It

When Financial Intent and Life Objectives Change

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All too often life changes and we have no choice but to go along with those changes be they death, divorce or retirement. However sometimes we don’t change the required administrative paperwork that goes along with our life changes and all of a sudden we find that our intent isn’t being met. Perfect example is when a couple divorces but one spouse forgets to change the … [Read more...] about When Financial Intent and Life Objectives Change

Wait? Or Make It Happen?

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While we’re actively working on “careers,” there’s rarely a question about whether we need to make something happen or whether we’re better off waiting for it to happen.  If it’s your job and it’s supposed to happen by a certain time, you’re on it.  If it’s a goal you set for the business, even if it’s your business and you’re the only employee, you get it done.  At home in … [Read more...] about Wait? Or Make It Happen?

October, 2013: Information to Live and Feel Better

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Tattoos Reduce Chances of Getting a Job **  Twitter and Privacy: One-In-Five Tweets Divulge User Location ** Bacteria Responsible for Gum Disease Facilitates Rheumatoid Arthritis ** 110 million sexually transmitted infections in U.S.: CDC report ** Vitamin C Dissolves Alzheimer's Plaque 

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Is Your Trust Still Fulfilling Your Objectives?

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People establish trusts for many different reasons. Some for the management aspects to make sure their assets will be properly invested and not squandered away by a spendthrift child or spouse. Others establish trusts to make sure that if sued, their assets are protected from the claims of a creditor. A careful parent or grandparent may establish a trust to provide an … [Read more...] about Is Your Trust Still Fulfilling Your Objectives?

How to Have a Youthful Walk: The Second Secret

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Let’s explore How to Have a Youthful Walk, Secret Number Two!  Here’s what we mentioned in the first article:  One of the healthiest exercises we can do is to walk, and yet there’s a problem: Most older people walk like they’re much older than they are.  And yet there are other older people, the same age, who walk like they’re young.  Why?

In the second article in … [Read more...] about How to Have a Youthful Walk: The Second Secret

Our Ememies Within

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As we continue the journey of our lives, we are often slowed down or stopped by negative feelings that can overwhelm us. We might believe that we are helpless in resolving painful situations. This can take us further so that we also become hopeless. The combination of these feelings can destroy us - if we allow this to happen.

That is right; we don’t have to allow … [Read more...] about Our Ememies Within

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