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February 21st, 2010
Become an Honorary Fiver!
To become an Honorary Fiver, simply share your personal Five on your own blog. Let us know the five areas you want to make a difference in! Once you’ve shared your Five, you are officially an Honorary Fiver and have our permission to nab this cute logo (designed by our own fab Tera!) to place on your blog or web site. Cool, right? What does being an Honorary Fiver mean? Being an Honorary Fiver means you’re ready to join us in our quest to change our world… one person and one Five at a time. But posting your Five on your blog is just the beginning. We want you to keep us posted on how you’re doing on your Five! Any time one of us posts about our Five progress on our blogs, please chime in and share your Five news too. Tell us what great things you’re up to. All Fiver progress is worth celebrating, big steps and baby steps alike! The more action we take, the more excitement we spread, the more momentum we build… the more impact we make as a Fiver community! An important note before you get rolling… One of the tricky things about creating your Five is distinguishing between something that’s beneficial to you vs. something that’s immediately beneficial to others. Even we had to stop ourselves on occasion and ask “Who is really benefitting from this?” Your Five should be things that directly impact others in a positive way, not something that is primarily for your own personal benefit. In addition to our Fives, Alyson, Tera and I are all actively pursuing our own kinds of personal development. That’s just part of being the best we can be. But that’s a personal endeavor, not a Fiver endeavor. Here’s an example of what I mean: Things like regular meditation and spiritual development are for your own personal growth. They’re lovely goals, to be sure. And they may very well improve your ability to carry out your Five. But those goals would not be part of your Five themselves because the person who benefits most is you. Stick to things that directly and obviously impact others first and foremost, whether those others are people, animals, the Earth, or whatever you happen to care about. Don’t worry… if you’re like us, there will be way more than just five things in your “Impacting Others” column. And now, without further ado, I introduce… YOU! So there you go! If you’re ready to step up to the plate–Welcome! We’re thrilled to have you aboard!–now is your time to shine. Share your Five on your blog, nab the Honorary Fiver logo for your blog sidebar or web site (and link it back to www.kaycassidy.com/lyf so others can learn more about LYF), and go change your world! And be sure to comment below to let us know you’ve become an Honorary Fiver so we can cheer you! Are you ready to Live Your Five? Entry Filed under: Living Your Five |
Project FMGM proposalCOMPLETE! 
A 16 year old outsider gets tapped to join a secret society of good populars dedicated to defeating the mean girls of the world.
On shelves now! IndieBound   I’m the author of teen fiction that I wish was based on my real life. My debut novel    
 #1 – GOOD GRIEF by Lolly Winston #2 – THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins #3 – CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins #4 – THE NAUGHTY LIST by Suzanne Young #5 – THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT by Kate DiCamillo #6 – WINGS by Aprilynne Pike #7 – EIGHTH GRADE SUPERZERO by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich #8 – THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE by Kate DiCamillo #9 – HOW TO TRAIN A DRAGON by Cressida Cowell #10 – THE SEASON by Sarah MacLean #11 – THE SEVEN RAYS by Jessica Bendinger #12 – WHISPER by Phoebe Kitanidis #13 – SHADOW HILLS by Anastasia Hopcus #14 – NIGHTSHADE by Andrea Cremer #15 – MOLLY MOON’S INCREDIBLE BOOK OF HYPNOTISM by Georgia Byng #16 – GRACELING by Kristin Cashore (This is a second reading which is super rare for me. One of my all-time faves!) #17 – FIRE by Kristin Cashore #18 – THE REPLACEMENT by Brenna Yovanoff #19 – HEIST SOCIETY by Ally Carter #20 – NEED by Carrie Jones #21 – BRIGHTLY WOVEN by Alexandra Bracken #22 – CAPTIVATE by Carrie Jones #23 – PROPHECY OF DAYS by Christy Raedeke #24 – THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN by Susan Beth Pfeffer #25 – THE LOST SYMBOL by Dan Brown #26 – PLAIN KATE by Erin Bow #27 – THE OVERTON WINDOW – by Glenn Beck #28 – THE THIEF by Megan Whalen Turner #29 – PARANORMALCY by Kiersten White #30 – THE DUFF by Kody Keplinger #31 – MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins #32 – ONLY THE GOOD SPY YOUNG by Ally Carter #33 – THE LONELY HEARTS CLUB by Elizabeth Eulberg |
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What a great idea. I look forward to doing my personal five soon, but I will have to reflect on it for a while to distinguish between personal development and the benefit of others vs. self. It is always great to reflect on what we can do to change the world.
I love the new look of your site and blog!
I am getting so excited for the release of your book. I see the countdown every time I open my book blog, and I can’t believe it is getting so close.