Ahhh, Spring Break is over. Back to school for my kids and back to time for me!

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Have you heard about the Six-Word Memoirs? It’s such a cool project! The form is so tight, so restrictive, and yet, magic seems to happen sometimes. In just six words, an entire story can be told. I tried a few for myself:

Moved to LA. Love it here.

Met a guy. Fell in love.

Became a mom. Love my job.

Public school. Can’t beat the price.

Girl on Maui. Mainland woman now.

Little League season. Seriously busy now.

Give it a try for yourself! Fun! Creative! Restrictive! You can submit them to Smith Magazine on their site, and you can leave them in my comment section, too.

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So let’s say you ask someone for their advice, and then when you hear the advice, it sounds terrible. Too hard. Too much work. You don’t know how. You don’t have the time, money, wherewithal, nanny support, etc…. And you say so.

Well, my friend, you are stuck in a paradigm. And it can shift. If you want it to.

My friend Chellie Campbell calls it a “Yeah, but…” And it will do one thing for you: keep you stuck. Right where you are. So if that’s fine with you, fine.

If it’s not fine with you, though, then it’s time to shift the paradigm. That is, it’s time to look at things differently.

Imagine you’ve been looking at your world through rose-colored glasses. Well, if rose is not your color, babe, get some purple ones. Suddenly, things look different.

In terms of the aforementioned advice, let’s say, for instance, that when you get advice to try something so new and outside your comfort zone you just shut down and freak. Let’s just say.

You will be tempted to repeat the phrases listed above. It’s sometimes called Resistance.

But there IS another way.

If you’re ready to be open, ready to even just be OPEN to be open to change, you could try this: “Hmm, I’ve never done that. Can you teach me? Or show me the way? Or reveal how it would apply to my personal situation? Because from where I sit, it’s hard to see the steps. But I WANT to see the steps. Can you help me?”

Do you hear the difference? That’s a paradigm shift.

It doesn’t mean jumping out of an airplane, literally or figuratively. It means being open, seeing possibilities instead of obstacles.

My friend Alexis Martin Neely recently posted about the same paradigm shift, with just a different topic. You can read it here.

And give it a try. What’s the downside?

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Back when I used to work as a Script Supervisor, which was a lifetime ago, and fodder for another post, we used to play a game while we were sitting around waiting for the lighting (which, by the way, is something you can expect a lot of if you embark on a career in the movies, just FYI). Totally fun — give it a try!

The game is I name 2 actors and you have to guess the movie they were in together. Of course, the more improbable-sounding the pairing is, the better chance you have of stumping the group — or the blog reader, as the case may be.

Here’s the one I always pulled out when I needed a WIN:

Dennis Weaver and Orson Welles. Name the film. Extra points for the release date, Director’s name, etc…

PS — check the comments section for the answer.

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