tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post8413795516730086465..comments2023-10-11T05:53:41.041-04:00Comments on Prill Boyle's Defying Gravity: Exercise of the Week: Rediscovering DelightPrill Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-9353497439337614212008-09-02T17:45:00.000-04:002008-09-02T17:45:00.000-04:00That's so cool, Allyn. It reminds me of a story...That's so cool, Allyn. It reminds me of a story I read the other day while flipping through a magazine at the dentist's office. A woman asked a childhood friend to tell her what the friend remembered about her as a young girl. The friend said, “You used to draw these incredible pictures.” The woman had forgotten how much she loved to sketch. She went right out and bought a pad and some Prill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-25748640164427506222008-09-02T14:17:00.000-04:002008-09-02T14:17:00.000-04:00I love this post, Prill! I credit returning to ten...I love this post, Prill! I credit returning to tennis as turning my life around. I had reached a point (about 2000)that my life was all about duty. <BR/><BR/>I loved playing tennis in high school and college. And yes, I loved playing tennis as an eight year old!<BR/><BR/>Allyn<BR/>www.allynevans.comAllyn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836010593995404252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-88455915520316413372008-09-02T13:01:00.000-04:002008-09-02T13:01:00.000-04:00I'm with you, Carolyn. Another thing I do is to l...I'm with you, Carolyn. Another thing I do is to limit my lists to no more than 5 items. (I have a separate list for long-term projects.) And, yes, I'm a Type A as well--in case you haven't noticed.Prill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-84211276248608684442008-09-02T12:43:00.000-04:002008-09-02T12:43:00.000-04:00If I fell apart if I didn't get everything on my t...If I fell apart if I didn't get everything on my to-do list done, I'd be in shreds. I FORCE myself (yes A type) to make a salad and sit under an umbrella to eat it. And, yes, I sometimes take the newspaper with me, but that doesn't count. (-:<BR/>Best,<BR/>Carolyn<BR/>www.howtodoitfrugally.comCarolyn Howard-Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041591136206289558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-16531935999879398222008-09-01T17:52:00.000-04:002008-09-01T17:52:00.000-04:00Eight years old, at least for a lot of people, see...Eight years old, at least for a lot of people, seems to be a pivotal, coming-of-age, age. It certainly was for me. It was 1962 and I distinctly remember my parents discussing the Cuban Missile Crisis.<BR/><BR/>I was also totally into geography. I had a blackboard hanging in my bedroom and I loved drawing maps on it. One day I had an epiphany: In a flash of what I thought at the time was profound Prill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-82173808035676156522008-09-01T17:24:00.000-04:002008-09-01T17:24:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Prill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586202626442746356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-48582386026158611632008-09-01T13:46:00.000-04:002008-09-01T13:46:00.000-04:00Prill, I wrote a chapter in This Is the Place base...Prill, I wrote a chapter in This Is the Place based on an experience I had when I was eight. It was a wonderful experience just writing it. The occasion was the first time I realized that I was considered "different" by the community I was raised in, by my own family! This Is the Place is not a memoir but much in it is based on my own life. Though This Is the Place was published in 2001 it is Carolyn Howard-Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041591136206289558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-27963910877915263422008-09-01T11:30:00.000-04:002008-09-01T11:30:00.000-04:00You made my day, Terry! I was just biking at the b...You made my day, Terry! I was just biking at the beach this morning (I live a mile from Long Island Sound), wondering if I should keep blogging, if my stories, etc. were helping anyone. The blog gets a respectable amount of traffic but very few comments, so it's hard to know.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I just linked from your comment to your website, and then to your blog. Love what you're doing, tooPrill Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17508523024268122033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128469.post-40277714632088598392008-09-01T10:43:00.000-04:002008-09-01T10:43:00.000-04:00A friend just sent me the link to you and this blo...A friend just sent me the link to you and this blog, Prill, and I think the work you're doing is amazing, not to mention inspiring.<BR/><BR/>Another good friend of mine is 46, stuck in a nursing job that runs her ragged. She wants to start over, but she thinks she's too old. I'll have to clue her in about you and the other success stories on your site.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00260512756626485548noreply@blogger.com