Updates and Annoucements!

I successfully made it through Day 1 of The 21-Day Complaint Free Challenge. I have to admit that I can be a bit of a hermit and can easily go a few days at a time where my only contact with other people is via e-mail, Twitter or text. I don’t think I’m generally much of a complainer either. In order to level the playing field a little and to get more out of it, I decided to not only banish expressed complaints but also any complaints I might be thinking. In fact, I decided to banish negative thinking altogether. The rubber band is coming in handy for that! In addition to serving as a visual reminder, yesterday, whenever a thought popped into my head that I knew was going to lead down a negative road, I snapped myself! I really do believe in the mantra of “change your thoughts, change your life”, and believe this exercise will be wonderfully beneficial. Today I’m actually going out into the world, which I suspect will put me to a truer test!

I am very excited to announce that I will be joining the crew over at 5 Minutes for Going Green as a regular contributor. 5 Minutes for Going Green is my favorite “green” blog and I’m happy to be on the team. Come by and say hello!

I’m also happy to announce that I will be guest posting at Life on Avenue Z on Thursday. Beth is a freelance copywriter who writes on the trials and tribulations that freelancing inevitably entails. She launched a virtual food drive amongst her readers during the holidays and managed to get over 4,000 pounds of food contributed to food banks all over the country! Be sure and check her out!

I’m working on a piece now for Jeff at My Supercharged Life for him to use when he is on vacation. One of my goals for this year is more guest posting (and guest hosting) and things are off to a good start. If you left me a message about guest posting (either for me or from me!), I’ll be contacting you soon! If you’d like to guest post on SimplyForties, please click on the “contact me” link in the right column on my site and send me an e-mail.

I launched a new vermicompost experiment yesterday and will be posting about that when I get home this afternoon after what I hope will be a complaint free jaunt to see some of my clients face-to-face!