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Inside Jokes
I was sitting at a round table with my coworkers, waiting patiently (read: the opposite of patient) for lunch to arrive, and one of my teammates walked up to join our table. I smiled at her and said, “Oh, tuh-low!” And she said, “What?” I looked around the table, which was weirdly silent (but in…
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Creatures of Habit
Hello! So sorry for my recent silence. It was genuinely unintentional. One of those, “Oh, @&%#, it’s Friday afternoon and I didn’t write a blog post” things. Twice. And here I am, after only two weeks of forgetting, finding myself staring at a blank laptop page and thinking, “How did I even come up with…
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Shaggy Hair Do Care
So, I’m trying to grow my hair out. Don’t panic, I’ll still have short hair! I’ll still be confused with P!nk and Megan Rapinoe and the other two blondes in the world (evidently we all look alike.) I’m not going back to the Rapunzel look. At least not yet. I’m just trying to grow it…
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Embracing the Random
My friend and I went to Barnes and Noble recently, looking for a specific book. Thing you should know: I take bookstores and libraries as a personal challenge. Can I find the book I’m looking for without help? Usually, the answer is yes, and I feel very happy. Sometimes I am in too much of…
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Five Years of Searching for Gratitude
If you’ve been around here for a bit, you know that I’ve been trying to practice gratitude in all of life. As difficult as gratitude can be, I know it’s the secret to contentment in all circumstances and true joy even when things get tough. I focus on it in different ways, trying to cultivate…
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It’s What’s Inside That Counts
Last weekend, my gym held a competition just for our gym community. It was a low-key competition, not meant to inspire fear or anxiety in anyone. The point was to have fun and raise money for a local non-profit. And I signed up to have fun and raise money for a local non-profit. So far…