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By: theanalyst

theanalyst — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:19:24 +0000

Never seen a more intriguing about me introduction page. It takes real courage to walk down the road less traveled, well thats the reason its less traveled isn’t it. There’s nothing worse than being ordinary I guess (as is said in the movie American Beauty) Interesting blog/website you got over here, looking forward for reading more.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:24 +0000

Okay – you are too much my life twin!
Yes – email it to me, I’d love to check it out and I’m all about collaborating. What city are you calling home these days? Email: jill@theduchessguide.com

Look forward to checking it out. I’ve decided I’m going to start a section of this blog – called ‘Jill Came Tumbling After’ which is the title of the book I wrote (hasn’t been published yet) that talks about my personal life again. This started off so personal and then as more people, friends and dates found out about it I started turning more to my offerings of coaching & inspiration and got away from personal life to not hurt anyone’s feelings. So while I think that’s great – a little something for my Duchess readers/clients – I still want to keep it real with my daily life and am going to just keep it in it’s own section of the blog. Had a convo with a girlfriend after an odd day last week and she was laughing so hard at the rediculous nature of my day that I realized I need to start writing about this stuff again.

My life truly is stranger than fiction somedays (and more boring than reading a medical manual in a foreign language others!).

Cheers little stick!

By: littlestick

littlestick — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:31:40 +0000

Oh you are too cute. Thats kind of what I meant when I said “no keepers yet”…ugh, its so exhausting and annoying- the whole dating thing. I’ve been in a very quiet place in my life recently- where I spend a lot of time alone, or with old friends back home, and just “be” and see what comes to me. I read a quote at work today- Quiet your busy mind, and wisdom and insight will find you…
A lot of alone time also means missing my “wasband” as you say, and that is strange and something I never thought I would feel. I know I am ok tho and doing the right thing for me right now. I feel like I have grown up 10 years in the past year since being separated and then divorced. Years that I never would have grown and probably resented not having had I stayed in the marriage. I was saying “yes” to his and everyone elses demands for so long and not speaking for myself or hearing myself. What a mess. Anyway, that is in the past now. I will email you my blog, im pretty sure I am the only one who reads it since I have never told anyone about it! ha!
Maybe we could collaborate someday!
ps- last night I was home alone doing THE SAME THING- MALBEC and all!! too funny. I tried to watch a movie and then just bagged it and went to bed. blah!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:14:00 +0000

what is your blog? I’d love to check it out. I think I’m on a dating pause for a while. I have been trying to date because I’d love to have that part of my life, but I think I realized over the past few weeks that maybe dating just isn’t in the cards for me. I think I am so happy on my own that I am finding the desire to go out and meet guys minimal at this point – too picky or just a pain in the ass? Who knows?! But I so far have not found that life offers a neat Eat, Pray, Love ending to this post-divorce chapter of my life. No trips to India and no International Dream Man/Soul Mate who completes my circle of learning and yet, still brings me back to a relationship. I’m not ripping on Miss Gilbert – kudos to her, in fact I’m a little jealous she got to take a year off to ‘find herself’ – and found herself and her dream lover in the meantime. I however remain a full time employee of a major corporation, two years post divorce and still not dating . . . I do think I’ve found myself though. Turns out no matter where I go, here I am – so I wasn’t too hard to discover! Ha ha!!

Please forgive this blog, it’s Saturday night and I’m getting over a cold and yet still drinking a glass of Malbec alone at the end of a very stressful week. If it makes no sense, I apologize – it’s just the way my mind looks on the inside, jumbled and nonsense!

Would love to read your blog! Thanks for finding me

Cheers dear!

By: littlestick

littlestick — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:26:40 +0000

Hi there- so I am currently reading the “Indonesia” Section…and it occured to me this morning when reading/writing my own blog what my word is…BRIGHT! Things are getting better, and I am so happy to have stumbled upon your website for daily inspiration. I feel like you “get” what I am going through, after reading through your entire blog. Also…I tried to do the “dating everyone that asks you out” thing…pretty funny results. No keepers yet, but its early in the game. Wish I lived in LA, we could hit the town!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:14:47 +0000

Yeah – it’s a tough thing! I totally feel you on this. When I left my marriage I lost everything – I was a stay at home wife who was very well taken care of – it was terrifying. Only to meet a man I thought was the love of my life who could not open up and commit. There are no easy answers with this relationship stuff – I think the biggest thing is do you have faith and believe in yourself? Because that (and some awesome girlfriends) is what got me through the year after my divorce – in which time I not only was divorced, but then moved to LA and then shortly after broken up with by the dream guy – it was a rough year!! I wasn’t surprised when I had a cancer scare shortly after because I think my body was just sick after how sick and tired my heart was by that point. But getting sick was the best thing that happened to me because it opened my eyes to what I DID have and my BELIEF in me. It took about another eight months to fully be able to confidently stand on my own – but I can honestly say now I am a whole new person! Stronger, happier, more successful and there is some kind of inner part of me now that knows NO MATTER WHAT – I can take care of myself. Whether it’s getting my heart broken again, starting over in my career, starting over from scratch financially – i can do it. Because I have done it. And after many years can honestly tell you I’m happy. And wouldn’t you know that right when that happened and I realized how happy I was on my own – I’ve met a great man who blows away any previous expereince I had with love. He’s all the stuff I hoped for and wished for and convinved myself I could never have. A man who loved me and showed it? And committed to me? He’s all this and more – so I would tell you that while it may feel scary that you’ve left, there was a reason you did. Find a great group of support, give yourself time and I would really focus on cultivating that belief in yourself over wondering if you did the right thing. It sounds like you did. Now you just have to trust yourself and have faith that you will find the next right, amazing, great thing to do – the next step you take will be the most important, until the one after that, and the one after that. I know you can do it!

By: littlestick

littlestick — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:01:05 +0000

its a scary world out there. lots of charmers who make me wonder if i have not made the biggest mistake in leaving someone who loved me to bits but didn’t know how to show it- even tho I was very unhappy in my marriage and always felt invisible AND was the one providing all of the emotional,financial,physical support. not a mistake i want to make again. yet i don’t want to be fooled by men out there who say they want one thing but act differently. I could think of a million song quotes to back this up. c’est la vie