I’ve Been to the Edge and Back!

 Hello from Jeanette JOY, This photo was taken by me in Melbourne, Australia from a place called The Edge. What’s interesting to me, I googled The Edge Melbourne Australia and came up with my forgotten old blog post about my visit. More on that post at the end of this. I want to share my journey […]

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Jeanette Joy on Instragram?

So many new sites appear and then just fade away. I got tired of building accounts only to see them be a huge waste of time. I never expected Instagram to be more that another social media fad. What I didn’t expect was to find it FUN! This is my most liked photo. I like […]

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Branding JOY!

Everyone has been talking about branding for years. I branded several websites and entrepreneurial pursuits over the 16 years I’ve been playing/working online. My friend Chaz DeSimone helped me on and off. I created many designs myself because I understand design psychology. I was wrong. Design psychology for homes is different from branding graphic design. […]

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Twitter

Twitter helped me learn to write more concisely. @JeanetteJoy

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Do YOU Blog?

Long ago in the time before social media, people started talking about Blogs and Blogging. I hoped it was a fad and would naturally die. The only reason: I don’t like the sound of the word blog. Worse than some four-letter words, blog sounds like fingernails scraping chalkboard to me. I’d much rather be on a beach somewhere in […]

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Valentine Reflections

  I received word early this morning that my aunt passed away. Like the sky reflected in my pool, I will see my aunt’s reflection in her children and grandchildren. I will feel her caring love as I work my way through this busy weekend. It’s appropriate that she passed on Valentine’s Day because all […]

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Turning Thoughts into Things

“Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.” — Rumi “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” –Buddha “Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things […]

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Why You Need to Question Authority

Never let anyone tell you what you “should do!” One of my biggest mistakes was letting a doctor put me on antidepressants without doing research. Guess what I found out after my girlfriends and daughter celebrated one night with me? While having a great, hours-long dinner at my favorite restaurant, we had two glasses of […]

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New Thought & Positive Psychology in Reverse

44 Women Celebrated The Red Tent at Joy Gardens

We’ve all been told to stop dwelling on the past and on things that make us unhappy. You don’t need to be a New Thought or Oprah Unity follower to see the positive vibrations emanating outward from Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and even the more business-directed Linkedin. I love this exciting, uplifting, spiritual energy! But, what […]

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Joy to Detroit! Change Agents Bring Hope to Blight

Don’t you love the way we learn about good news online? One story takes you to another great source and you just keep going deeper. First I read The Christian  Science Monitor’s Change Agent article: Change Agent Detroit charity turns blight into gardens, parks, and homes Motor City Blight Busters is fighting to bring Detroit back […]

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Joy!

Iron and Wine “Joy” from Hayley Morris on Vimeo.

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Goodbye Mustang, Hello Valentine Cadillac

One of the reasons I waited so long to purchase a new car is I loved my Mustang GT convertible. I really loved this car. Imagine driving a car for over 110,000 miles with no breakdowns, no repairs, no hastles. Just plain FUN, dependability, and JOY.   Paradise Cadillac was exceptional to work with. I […]

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My First Visit to The Comedy Store

I remember cruising Sunset Blvd as a teenager and seeing all the strange, hip, outrageous people standing around the cool clubs. People and scenes in front of Whiskey A Go Go and The Comedy Store drew me like a flower attracts a bee. I was sure the laughing pretty girls got to marry the rich […]

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Four Reasons Why I Don’t Like MLM or “Network Marketing”

4 Reasons I Turn Off MLM Pitches (No worries…I don’t try to bait and switch to sign you up!) Sugar-coat Multi Level Marketing (MLM) and label this sales system Network Marketing to create the aura of a new attitude towards MLM all you want, but upline and downline direct marketing ruins friendships, consumes lives, and […]

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Joy Film Events

We’re having so much fun getting ready for the premiere of Joy Film Events! “Modern art is a con. I am the world’s greatest con artist.”“Fame is love; I need love.” “Da Vinci and Michelangelo: I can see the dandruff on their heads as I look from above down on them,” said Mark Kostabi in […]

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Marketer’s Cruise January 2013

It seems so long ago that I booked my cabin. Now, it’s just around the corner. There is still time to book your space… Learn online marketing and relationship marketing from the best.

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Moonrise by Alden Blake

                    Meet my grandson Alden Blake and listen to his music! http://soundcloud.com/aldenblake/moonrise

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Target, Target, Shame on You!

Normally, I praise companies and forgive little irritations. After agonizing about my recent Target experience all night, I decided it was more loving to share with consumers the truth about the company who says “Expect more pay less with Target..” If you live in Sun City or Lake Elsinore, you pay less for umbrellas and […]

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California Dreamin’ on Midlife Road Trip Radio

Listen to internet radio with midliferoadtrip on Blog Talk Radio

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Meet The World’s Leading Authority on Architectural Art Glass Design – Ron Wood

Experience the architectural art of the original and ultimate glass projects leading authority, artist Ron Wood. He creates large, significant one of a kind projects worldwide. Using Light in all of its myriad behaviors, such as reflection, projection, focus as the major palette in these works, Ron has been “Lifting the Human Spirit” through worldwide […]

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