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Melissa Camilleri

Happy National Running Day!

Happy National Running Day!

Today is an exciting day because in honor of National Running Day, I’m posting my first guest blog for Compliment about one of my biggest passions--RUNNING! I have always loved running so I’m thrilled to be able to share this.

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Melissa Camilleri

Just Dance

Just Dance

The other day, my best friend invited me to join her and her little girls at their music class. Her oldest, (let’s call her “E”), three years-old, sat in my lap. Her youngest, not even one, sat in hers. Together we sang songs, played instruments, kept a beat by tapping the floor and clapping our hands. We even got to rock out with rainbow ribbon streamers to some awesome Fleetwood Mac. (It’s a pretty hip class! Very California.)

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Melissa Camilleri

What Vanilla Ice Taught Me About Time Management

What Vanilla Ice Taught Me About Time Management

Allow me set the stage: I'm am currently struggling with something I think we all can relate to... I allow so many interruptions in the flow of my day that what should take me one hour to complete, ends up taking me three. Instead of focusing on the task at hand, I start on another project, then see a text, then hop from app to app, liking pictures on Instagram, checking Facebook, scrolling through Pinterest, checking emails.

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Melissa Camilleri

Making Space

Making Space

If you've been following this blog for a while, you'll know that I try to operate my life from an abundance mentality. It's a conscious and daily effort. It is actually, in clearer terms, the faith that the world is full of goodness and that there is plenty of it for all of us. This goodness may manifest in our lives as peace or health or wealth or joy or love. If we are able to slow down enough to be mindful of the good things around us, the idea is that we will see more good things.

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