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In ninety seconds, you can tidy your desk, change your clothes, or audition for a role in a TV commercial or movie. In ninety seconds, you can put on your makeup, brush your teeth, or win an Olympic gold medal in the 200 metres. In ninety seconds, you can control your emotions […]

Ninety Seconds of Hesitation by Elaine Fraser

8 Nov, 2017 in 2017 Certainty tagged #90secondsofhesitation / #anger / #certainty / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraserauthor / #elephantjournal / #inninetysecondsyoucan / #jillboltetaylor / #ninetysecondsofhesitation / #opinionspectrum / #spacebetween / #uncertainty / conversation / kinwomen / no regrets / regrets / socialmedia / women by Elaine Fraser

There are no regrets in life, just lessons. Jennifer Aniston I have many reasons to regret the choice to climb Kilimanjaro. The mountain is 19,341feet (5895m) and altitude affects you very early on. The lack of sleep and extreme physical challenge make it feel like you’re in a military training camp […]

No Regrets

25 Oct, 2017 in 17 Regret tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraserauthor / #kilimanjaro / #mountainclimbing / kinwomen / regrets / women by Elaine Fraser

“you will never regret doing the right thing but you will always regret doing nothing when you could have done something” Max Hanson Two weeks ago, I was in a remote village in Tanzania with the team from Water for Africa. They’d put in a well in the village and […]

Never Regret Doing the Right Thing

9 Oct, 2017 in 17 Regret tagged #choices / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraserauthor / #waterforafrica / kinwomen / no regrets / women by Elaine Fraser

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost I’ve been travelling pretty much since March this year on a quest to finish a novel I began in 2013. I worked on my book […]

The Road Not Taken by Elaine Fraser

11 Sep, 2017 in 2017 Purpose tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #elizabethgilbert / #elizabethgilbertauthor / #purpose / #roadnottaken / #robertfrost / #susandavid / #travel / #writing / kinwomen / no regrets / spirituality / women by Elaine Fraser

Make it simple, but significant. Don Draper For the last few months, I’ve been travelling throughout Australia, the USA, and Europe and found that travel reduces life to the essentials. My possessions have been limited to a suitcase and a carry-on containing clothing, toiletries, productive technology, and a notebook for my […]

My Life in a Suitcase

27 Aug, 2017 in 17 August: Simplicity tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraserauthor / #minimalism / #moments / #mylifeinasuitcase / #travel / family / friends / kinwomen / simplicity by Elaine Fraser

Let me fall if I must fall. The one I become will catch me. Sheryl Sandberg This year, I’m travelling for about eight months and I’m following Plan A–my itinerary. But, travel has a way of bringing up opportunities to switch to Plan B, or even the dreaded Plan X […]

What to do when your travel plans change

17 Jul, 2017 in 2017 July: Risk tagged #adventure / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #planb / #plottwists / #risk / #sayingyes / #sherylsandberg / #travel / kinwomen / women by Elaine Fraser