Author Archives: annamfarley

“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau This sounds simplistic, but I believe that it is true.  Seven or eight years ago, I woke up every morning one hour before I had to and biked for sixty minutes before getting ready for work.  I know I didn’t alwaysContinue reading “Starting My Day Right”

Seven years ago – though it doesn’t seem like that long – my sisters and mom and I all got memberships to a gym where we began regularly attending a cardio dance class.  It was a hip hop style class, very upbeat with lots of current music. I am not shy exactly, but I alwaysContinue reading “Where Everybody Knows Your Name”

My oldest sister is not a sports fan of any kind, but if they are on, she always cheers for the bird teams.  Interestingly, she actually dislikes birds a lot, so it is funny that she always cheers for them. She and I also share a love for Disney birds; Iago, Scuttle and the fourContinue reading “Birds of a Feather”

From great thinkers such as Erasmus to Benjamin Franklin, we have been advised that prevention is better than a cure.  This is usually true about most things, but especially our health. This weekend, I will participate in the annual wellness program available through my workplace.  It offers comprehensive blood testing and physical screenings to detectContinue reading “Prevention and Empowerment in Healthcare”

When I first started my Day Zero Project list for 101 Things in 1001 Days, I never thought I would come up with 101 things.  Then, I ended up with 110 things!  As I have said before, some are smaller goals, and others are more like bigger overall dreams or visions for my life.  IContinue reading “Day Zero Project Update”

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I am a driven person, and my internal need to do things and do them well is inherent to me and not impacted (usually) by my surroundings or circumstances.  Even in a totally un-motivatingContinue reading “National Day of Encouragement”

Sometimes being told “no” is all it takes to set me on a course determined toward success.  I am a fairly cheerful and compliant person, but being told I can’t do something is all it takes to drive me to do it. I am in agreement with the quote, “When someone tells me “no,” itContinue reading “Being Told No”

Sometimes we learn our best lessons from the bad examples we see around us.  It can teach us compassion and motivate us to not only learn from the tough situations but make an effort to change those situations for others. A few years ago, I moved into my first leadership role and my immediate supervisorContinue reading “Learning from the Bad Examples”

In H. Jackson Brown\’s Life\’s Complete Instruction Book he suggests that we cook and love with wild abandon! Well, anyone who knows me knows I\’m no chef. My mother, who in fact did go to 4 years of culinary school and HAS worked in that capacity, made certain her daughters did not leave home asContinue reading “Cooking with Wild Abandon”

Last week, I pre-ordered the upcoming Fitbit Ionic, Fitbit’s first official take on a smart watch.  I am very excited! I am not hung up on the smart watch thing, it is not crucial to me that a watch be able to do everything my phone can do.  For all of that, I still preferContinue reading “Pre-Ordered: My New Fitbit Ionic”