Our Guest: Marian L. Thomas, Spending Our Nights...Eyes Wide Open

So what is the million dollar question that keeps us up late at night? It's probably not the same one we thought long and hard about a year ago. My how things change and quickly! Yesterday, as we crept under our sheets and tried our best to close our eyes, our minds began to wander off into the land of worrying, denial and/or the land of "I just don't care." Here's a speck of reality...you really do care. We all do.

Let's face it, the economy has most of us spending our nights, eyes wide open. So many questions play out like a movie scene inside our heads. Even in our sleep. We wonder if we will still have a job when our eyes finally open and see the sun, although not shining as bright as it did once before. We wonder if we'll still be able to pay our bills as our employers send us emails and tell us that "yes, you still have a job" but guess what..."we are not going to pay you for a few days each month." It's an unfavorite reality that we must face. A moment that becomes a living thing at the very minute our bodies take a deep breath. Yes, things are tough.

So how do you survive this economy? The answer is neither complicated or complex. In fact, it's not based off rocket science or some textbook. Rather, it's simply and easy but only if we allow the very idea of "change" to flow through the cracks of our brains that hasn't been occupied by the thoughts of worrying. Here's the secret ingredient to the survival receipe of life... find a way to live out your dreams! Don't say "that's easier said than done." Rather, allow the concept to sink into that dream spot that has been hanging around over the years. Waiting as if in the distance for something to push it into the spotlight. Here is your spotlight! Don't go back and turn the light off but continue reading this article.


A few suggestions of dreams that might have been in the dark for you, until now:

Write a book...I did. It's called "Color Me Jazzmyne"


Find a new field that you've always wanted to get into and get into it.


Call a friend and ask them what have you always talked about doing but never did and then take that conversation and act upon it.

If none of the above get's you going, try this....

Ask yourself what will happen if you do nothing? How will the bills get paid if all you engage your mind on is worrying....the last time I checked the utility company doesn't take "worrying" as a payment.


Reality is something that can either move us or scare us into doing nothing. How will you face reality? Spend your nights....eyes wide open or focused on living out your dream!

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Marian L. Thomas is the author of the recently debuted title Color Me Jazzmyne which was released by L. B Publishing. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Business Communications with honors: Summa Cum Laude. Was featured as one of Atlanta's 9to5 Women of Business in the Media Industry and CrossRoadsNews, a East Metro Atlanta paper graced the author with a feature story. "I really enjoy blogging, it allows me to put words into emotions rather than just putting them to paper."