Comments on Living Your Five: Friday FiveSpot presents... Honorary Fiver Day!

Cynthia - A fellow Tenner! :-) What a great way ...

2009-11-06T20:51:46.678-05:00

Cynthia - A fellow Tenner! :-) What a great way to give back by tying it into your career, family, and personal life to boot. Now *that's* synergy. Great to have you aboard!

Elizabeth - Awesome! I love how you not only shar...

2009-11-06T20:50:31.311-05:00

Elizabeth - Awesome! I love how you not only shared your Five, but even noted what you've been doing lately to make a difference in those areas. I can't wait to hear about all the great things you'll be doing in the months ahead. Welcome!

Jennifer & Espe - A double Team Fiver entry! ...

2009-11-06T20:49:06.783-05:00

Jennifer & Espe - A double Team Fiver entry! :-) These are such fabulous ways to make a difference, and I love that you've tied them into the blog you're already passionate about. Excellent!

Myra - Welcome to Team Fiver! What a wonderful me...

2009-11-06T20:46:12.704-05:00

Myra - Welcome to Team Fiver! What a wonderful message you're putting out there with your Five. They made me smile just reading them. Cheers to you!

Wow--these are just beautiful! Thanks so much for...

2009-11-06T19:29:36.124-05:00

Wow--these are just beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing, everyone!

I've been insanely fortunate in my life and th...

2009-11-06T17:51:58.179-05:00

I've been insanely fortunate in my life and the coming year is going to be really exciting. I've always loved the idea of paying it forward. My specific fives are:

1. Put a resources for writers page on my website so that people who feel that they have a book in them have some good, solid places to start that journey.

2. Expand the resources for hoarders on my site before the book comes out. So many people who have been touched by hoarding have helped me with the book, I want to make sure that anyone who reaches out for help can get it.

3. Make our first new car purchase be a hybrid. My hubby wants a Lexus (yeah right), I want a Prius, so hopefully we can find some happy middle.

4. Help the kids find their charity donation recipients before the end of the year. I think one has $55 saved and the other has over $70.

5. Donate a percentage of my book sales at local school events to that school's library so they can buy more books.

My FIVE may change and evolve as I do, but today t...

2009-11-06T16:38:29.127-05:00

My FIVE may change and evolve as I do, but today this is my Living Commitment.
1. Giving back: Donating something every month to a worthy charity or cause. This month I donated money to the Marine Mammal Center and the Central Park Conservancy.
2. Helping those less fortunate: I manage several feral cat colonies, which means feeding groups of abandonded cats every day...rain or shine. They are amazing. They've gone from not showing themselves to me to letting me pet them. They respond to kindness, so how can I not feed them?
3. Random acts of kindness: This week I helped a neighbor find his (inside only) cat that got loose, returned stranded shopping carts to their rightful place, sent cards to people who weren't expecting them just because it would make their day.
4. Living greener and more humane: In whatever way this presents itself. This month I donated books I haven't read in several years to a great cause, am eating less meat, buying products produced on humane farms, and purchasing products that are cruelty free.
5. Not forgetting what's most important: To me this means not forgetting that joy and laughter are what it's all about. I'm taking time for myself each day to rejuvinate my spirit and then sharing that joy with at least one other person.
~Elizabeth Fais

We are Jennifer and Espe the creators of Late Bloo...

2009-11-06T15:00:26.719-05:00

We are Jennifer and Espe the creators of Late Bloomer Online. In creating this blog, our hope is to do the following

1. Bring awareness to different causes by having a cause of the month on our forum. For example this month we have Feed America.

2. We are inviting authors to participate in guest forums with the boys and girls club, thus encouraging them to read.

3. Just go for it. At times it can be intimidating to contact authors to set up chats or interviews, or if you get a "NO" it can be discouraging, but we want to keep going for it so we can bring the love of reading we have to others.

4. We would like to start encouraging readers to "Go Green" by donating their unused copies of their books to their local library.

5. Using our new found connections to the Young Adult writing world by helping young writers that are hoping to get published

Thanks! We are honored to be an Honorary Fiver!

1. Put family first. 2. Give others the benefit of...

2009-11-06T10:29:52.574-05:00

1. Put family first.
2. Give others the benefit of the doubt. Choose peace over adversity.
3. Breathe. No really, breathe. It can change the outcome of so many situations.
4. Sometimes procrastination = being afraid. I need to stop both. ;)
5. Laugh instead of sweating the small stuff- and try to help others do the same.

Good Luck, everyone!