In an effort to tempt you to visit As We Are, I"m sharing some highlights from this week's entries:

When an eating disorder isn't about being skinny - explore the spectrum of eating disorders and disordered eating from a personal point of view

Vibrating Liz is proud of her son, the mugger!

Zaadz.com's very own member, Kira, deals with clutter, the life coach way.

Ecological fashion choices are explored by Christy in Dress for the Planet's Success.

and if that's not enough... check out all the editorial departments and explore what the great women of As We Are are saying!

Would you like to be a part of making As We Are a successful venture for me and for the women it can support?  Here are some easy ways to to get involved that will have a great huge impact.

1.  Sign up for our email newsletter.  It only comes out every other week, so you won't be bombarded by email but you will be gently reminded to come visit the site

2.  Visit the site!  Daily would be nice, but we'll take what you can give.  In turn, we promise to give you the freshest content and develop relevant and interesting editorial departments to keep you coming back. 

3.  Link us!  Do you have a site with a blog roll or a favourites list?  We'd like to be on it.  We are currently collecting links, so send your link to us and we will reciprocate!

4.  Tell us what you want As We Are to be.  We will hear your ideas!

I really hope you'll be a part of As We Are.

Overcoming self-doubt

Every day I wake up, enthusiastic and passionate about publishing a magazine and learning and creating a business that is more than about me, but has a bigger agenda.  And every day I wonder, "am I really the right person for this?  Am I doing this right?"

It takes some effort, some days, to find that deep belief that this is what I am meant to be doing.  I may not know everything and my learning curve may be steep, but I am the right person for this.

I love creating and learning and being on this journey with As We Are.

 Will you support me?

As We Are is a new magazine for and by women, to be published online.  http://www.aswearemagazine.com/

When you visit the website, please click the link to join our email list so you can stay up-to-date with progress as we get ready to launch our first issue. If you're comfortable, please forward the link to your family and friends as well. 

Put May 1st on your calendar and visit aswearemagazine.com to read the first issue!  There are opportunities to contribute your writing, artwork and photography as well great advertising programs available.  If you'd like to be involved in other ways, here are some suggestions:

1. send the link to twenty people you know and ask them to visit the site regularly and be a part of the As We Are community by signing up for our email newsletters
2. promote the launch of the magazine through your own website or email newsletter
3. send me ideas of what you would like to see in the magazine!

If you have any questions or comments, email me!

Trudi

Trudi Evans
Editor & Publisher
As We Are Magazine
http://www.aswearemagazine.com/

I posted the wrong link yesterday (althought that link is good too)

However, I'm enamoured with this:   http://mypathtv.com

and quiting my job?  Best move EVER.

Success Television is feel good "TV" on the ineternet
http://www.successtelevision.com

You can buy an episode, watch a freebie and check in with people about all aspects of life.  Nifty.
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I lost the blogging momentum a long time ago and I want it back.  I liked having a little outlet for whatever was bouncing around in my head during the day.

Today it is people who won't use public transit.  Specifically the people who look at me and say "oh, I don't do the bus - it's so gross".   Consider this people:   twenty or forty minutes crammed onto a bus with a bunch of strangers each day is less gross than let's say... sucking in unnecessary air pollution.  Or looking up at the sky and not being able to see it because of the haze of smog.  

I don't think everyone needs to take transit. I do understand that some people need their cars for work and drive it more than to the parking lot at 9 and back home again at 5.  I understand that some people need to pick up and drop off children and the current transit system does not support anything but a straight line of travel.   But the number of people who get in the car, IDLE IN TRAFFIC, drive into the parkade, leave the car for 8 hours, then head home the same way, IDLING IN TRAFFIC again, only to park the car in the driveway.... well I gotta wonder about them.   I have to wonder why their personal taste in transportation supercedes the betterment of our air.

I do the bus to and from work most days.  And by most, I mean I drive to work about 5 days out of the year.  Once a month, my husband picks me up from the office and we drive home.  Once or twice a month he picks me up halfway along my commute home and we drive part way.  

But like most people, I'm an office slug and I travel at the same time every day.   I leave my 'burb, I come to the urban centre, I reverse it again at the end of the day.   And I see the same people day in and day out.  And you know what?   I've made friends en route.  There are people I nod to, others I say hello and make idle chat with.  I've met two neighbours with whom I can have an hour long chat with while we travel.  You don't ever do that in a car.   I've read stacks of novels, listened to books on my mp3 player, made some important phone calls that could only be done before 5PM and therfore, were done while in transit.   Most of this stuff I couldn't do in a car or do it safely in a car. 

I can even meditate while on the bus.

So the next time you think "Oh, I don't DO the bus", think about what you could be doing ON the bus.  Think about how you could make your commute your time out during the day. 

Sometimes you need to laugh.

If you are Canadian, you'll find this extra funny.

Hinterland Who's Who: Spider Experiment

I'm a bit better today.

I had a massive meltdown yesterday and now I wonder if that's how I deal with big change and shifts in my life. Meltdown and then climb back up.  Dunno yet.  But I'm ok.

And I did go swimming.