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Helter-Skelter Goal Maker {Five Minute Friday}

~ Erika Shirk ~ 3 Comments

I'm a helter-skelter goal-maker. If you are trying something interesting and a goal worth making you can bet I will want to jump right in with you. I make goals about everything. Especially the small action things that add up to more: books that become libraries, miles that become marathons, hikes that become a lifestyle. … Continue reading Helter-Skelter Goal Maker {Five Minute Friday}

Life in Practice {Five Minute Friday}

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Is there such a thing as practice when you're all grown up or is it just jumping in with four limbs flailing seeing if it works? Because it seems like in these situations where the stakes are higher than soccer practice or piano practice or the practice SAT, we get thrown in with a good … Continue reading Life in Practice {Five Minute Friday}

Next {Five Minute Friday}

~ Erika Shirk ~ 3 Comments

Next. It's an intriguing little word that sets my mind in the future, but usually a little further in the future. I don't tend to leap to the nexts of my next moment. I tend to want to know more than that. When I was in middle school my calendar was perpetually a mess of … Continue reading Next {Five Minute Friday}