This past weekend, I had the pleasure to speak on a blogging panel in Tampa, Florida.  This wasn’t my usual crowd, though.  Instead of wanting to know the tips and tricks to painting or how to put together a unique room, these girls and gals were largely fashion bloggers looking for some insight into the business of blogging.

Talk about a fish out of water!  I can put together a fun room, but I feel like I can barely dress myself.

While I was there, I talked about how much of my life is guided by this inner voice that always says to me, “Why couldn’t I do that, too?” It led me to do things such as graduate from high school in three years, become my college mascot, teach myself to sew and start a blog. Most of these things are not things that I took classes in but are things that I just sat down and figured out myself.

On the airplane on the way home from Tampa, I read a review of the new Jim Henson biography that just came out.  The review mentioned one of my favorite quotes of his:

Reading that review was serendipitous to me.  It caused me to think even more about my inner voice and learning things on my own. And since I had a rare few hours of quiet due to sitting on the plane, I thought about it a lot.

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