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My greatest inspiration comes to me when I’m in the shower. It’s like I’m showering myself with great ideas and somehow finding answers to elusive questions. It’s become such a joke in our family that when I’m stuck on the “how” of a situation, my husband will encourage me to “just go take a shower”.

In trying to analyze why the shower has this effect on me, I think it’s because I’m unavailable to the world. For those 15 minutes, cell phones, office lines and email can’t reach me. I’m free to just listen and just be. There’s something magical for me when I stand under the full force of the water and let it rain down on me, blocking out all sound of the external world, lost in a world of warm water cascading over my body. My breathing slows; I relax and release all the things that I’ve been holding onto. From that place of openness, clarity and calm, I am then filled with inspiration. Inevitably, I always come out of the shower with answers and ideas, almost as if Divine Inspiration lives in my shower. (Actually, I think it lives inside me and when I’m in the shower, I’m quiet enough to listen, as in meditation.)

About a month ago I read the the 4-Hour Workweek. (If you haven’t read it yet, I would highly recommend it.) I’m already living the life of my dreams, working from wherever I choose to be, Boulder, the Caribbean, the San Juan islands of the Pacific Northwest, or wherever. And, no matter where our travels take me, I’ve always been accessible via email or through my cell phone.

However, for the first time in years, I’m going to be 100% unavailable next week. My right hand and amazing assistant, Bonnie, will be at the helm of InspireMeToday.com.  All IT concerns will be handled by Max (who knows how to solve anything, and I really mean anything). And for those of you that are already wondering, no, I’m not taking a week-long shower. Well, not really, but kinda, I guess. We all know how much it rains here…

On August 29th we’re flying to Nanaimo, Canada on a small float-plane and sailing back to Anacortes, WA on a sailboat named Persuasion. She’s owned by the same good friend who has so graciously allowed us to housesit for him for the past month. I guess you could call a week on a sailboat in this area one very long shower. I’m hoping that the week without distraction will have the same creative effect, even if it’s not quite as warm and hopefully won’t be quite as wet.

We will be totally and completely unreachable until 9/5/08. I will not blog or read your email until that time. Rest assured that Bonnie, Max and the rest of the InspireMeToday.com team will be happy to help you with whatever you may need. If you need immediate assistance please contact [email protected] or for IT questions, please contact [email protected].
Until our return, enjoy your week. Make sure you take a really long hot shower and let me know what brainstorms find you. ☺

Thanks for your support of InspireMeToday.com. We love and appreciate you.

Hugs,

Gail

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Gail Lynne Goodwin is the founder of InspireMeToday.com, bringing the best inspiration to the world. InspireMeToday.com provides free inspiration, each day from a new Inspirational Luminary, to a global community of folks from over 150 countries. Gail has interviewed many well-known names including Sir Richard Branson, Guy Laliberte, Seth Godin, Tony Hseih, Gary Vaynerchuk, Michael Gerber, Marci Shimoff, Jack Canfield and hundreds more. According to Mashable, Gail was one of 2009's Top 25 Most Inspirational People on Twitter.

Prior to InspireMeToday.com, Gail spent several years as manager for her recording artist daughter, Carly. As a result of the success of their co-penned song, "Baby Come Back Home", Gail accompanied her daughter to bases in the US and to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where Carly performed for our troops. Gail and Carly created the 'World's Longest Letter' of love and support and delivered the 18-mile long scroll on a month-long tour of Iraq and the Persian Gulf in 2006.

Gail is excited to present her latest course, Love in 21 Days, a step-by-step guide to finding love online. Love in 21 Days is founded on a logical process that has been tested - and proven! - by not only Gail, but also by students around the world who too have found love.

Gail is a published author and a regular writer for the Huffington Post. She offers mentoring and mastermind services to clients worldwide from her home in Whitefish, Montana. Follow Gail on Twitter or Google+.

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