Start your week right! Every Sunday I post my favorite links from around the web and share my goals for the upcoming week.
Links
On Life:
18 Things Women Shouldn’t Have To Justify: I saw this ThoughtCatalog piece by Brianna Wiest floating around Twitter and Facebook this week and immediately related to many of her points in this post.
Live With Intention: My friend Niki Ianni wrote this fabulous reflective piece about living with intention in 2014.
On Setting Goals:
Why Goals are Far Better Than Resolutions (And What I’m Planning for 2014): Alexis Grant explains why goals are better than resolutions (I agree!), outlines some of her big plans for the coming year and shares tips for your own 2014 planning.
5 Ways to Make Your 2014 New Year’s Resolutions Stick: For Philly Blog Love, an awesome network of bloggers in Philly that I’m proud to be a part of, I wrote a guest post about how to stick to your 2014 resolutions and goals.
On Writing:
Entrepreneurship and A Writing Life For The Rest Of Us: Dana Sitar writes about something that I think a lot of writers have secretly thought about, but were too scared to say out loud. I love this post about the power of a writing community!
This Week on JessicaLawlor.com:
Last week on the blog, we celebrated Get Gutsy Week! The posts included below were part of that inspiring celebration.
Get Inspired With Get Gutsy Week: It’s Get Gutsy Week! Thanks to the 29 participants who shared their stories in the Get Gutsy Essay Contest Here are their stories.
Get Gutsy Essay Contest Winning Entry #1: My Journey to Entrepreneur by Caroline Winn: Caroline quit her comfortable corporate job to pursue her dream to become a wedding photographer.
Get Gutsy Essay Contest Winning Entry #2: Getting Gutsy- It’s Supposed To Be Scary by Amy Chick: Amy’s story is a very important read that gave me serious chills. Her message needs to be heard- this is a must-read.
Get Gutsy Essay Contest Winning Entry #3: Restricted Free-Agent by Kami Mattioli: Kami’s story is one of courage and leaping into the unknown, without any reservations.
Goals
- Fully enjoy my vacation in Punta Cana this coming week! I’ll be off the grid for a few days and I’m really looking forward to sun, fruity drinks, the ocean breeze and disconnecting.
Have any links or goals you’d like to share? Leave them in the comments!
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