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What Are You Not Noticing?

I’ve run basically the same course around a local lake 2 or 3 times a week, every week for the last 6 years. The route takes me by the entrance to Children’s Fairyland, a fairy-tale themed children's park. There are a few landmarks I always notice- the lady in the shoe, the ‘Once Upon A Time Book.’ It’s a fun little place.

I recently noticed, for the first time, that one of the hedges is shaped (very obviously) like a dragon.

For six years I ran by that dragon and never once noticed it.

It just goes to show you, there is always something new to notice if take a moment and pay attention.

What do you see every day that you never really notice?

Articles That Caught My Eye

To Have Better Control Of Your Life, Remember To Focus On Your Own. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
Why You Need to Embrace 'The Suck'. You usually need to focus on and improve on the things you aren't good at (yet).
Ask Yourself If You're Motivated by Results, or the Process, to Be More Productive. Not everyone is motivated by the same things.
10 Little Things to Remember When Life No Longer Excites You. We all have moments of blah.
The Problem with Finding Your Big Why. Which came first- the passion or the effort?

Self Promotion Corner

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Runners can be a strange breed. There are a few times in your running career when you know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you are really a runner.

You’ve finished the marathon, now what? The steps you take (or don’t take) the afternoon of your race will greatly impact how you recover and how quickly you start to feel human again.

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