Hello Crusaders! As we are all already aware, we will no longer be participating in the daily loops. As it stands, however, I have been tasked with updating our last loop for the foreseeable future. So, I went back over our old loops. It was quite an interesting ride too! I skimmed through many of them because I was interested to see what the loop was like in its infancy and boy was it a journey. One of inspiration, humor, and some neat information! You all have shared so much of yourselves and used this tool as a platform for sharing positivity and inspiration for your fellow co-workers and guests who read our daily loops.

I really want to take this time to thank you all for your wonderful contribution to this project. I know it can be quite difficult at times to write something on the spot and we all feel really critical of our writing and messages (or is that just me?) Anyways! I personally will miss this. I'll miss the updates from coworkers about their annual hunt for the perfect Christmas tree or the inspirational sports updates and even the informative look at human behavior and how we can "growth hack" ourselves to be better more productive humans. So again I thank you all for providing what you have to this loop and hopefully in the future we can look forward to seeing more. But for now this is Crusader Anna signing off. :)

Or "hello" in Gaelic. 

This time tomorrow I will be on my way to Scotland for a 12-day adventure. My friend Laura and I will fly into London, take the train to York. Then head to Edinburgh. From there we will go to Inverness and Skye. We will wrap things up flying back to London and fly home. I can't wait to come back and show you all my coo 🐮 pictures!!



In a social media-driven world, it's so easy to be bombarded with bad news, tragic events, and people "dragging" each other online all day long. In this day and age, it can be really hard to find the positives or to see a light at the end of a tunnel.

It's impossible to understand why things happen the way that they do, but I've taken solace in remembering that "the shadows prove the sunshine". Things like tragic loss or social injustice brings people together like nothing else can. Find the shared humanity, seek the course for change, love harder and without circumstance. Don't dwell in the darkness, seek the light as often as possible.