Category: Life Skills
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Make ‘Em Laugh
“Go!” the man behind me yells, and I drop the 15lb weight and start running. I take a left, run around the corner of the weightlifting mats, take another left, and straight in front of me is a giant camera lens. My friend Brian is taking pictures. I grew up in a creative, musical family, with…
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The Worst Ninjas
I wake up late on Wednesday, but still make it to a meeting on time. I feel pretty good about myself for getting out of the house so quickly. Then, leaving that meeting, I get into a car accident. (Yes, Mom, I’m fine.) My car takes a pretty bad hit. But it’s just a car.…
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A Tale of Two Ditches
Mr. Potato Head and I believe in breakfast. Eating a good breakfast jumpstarts your metabolism, gives you energy to get through the morning, and assures you of eating at least one solid meal today, in case the Zombie Apocalypse strikes later on and you’re too busy running for your life to stop and eat. My…
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Frog Hunting
I don’t want to tell you about this, but I’m going to. So consider yourselves in my inner circle of confidentiality. In my continuing effort to improve my life skills, I have (very reluctantly and recently) joined the massive social experiment that is called Online Dating. In case you haven’t ever experienced it, online dating…
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Motivation Station
I’ve been fielding a lot of questions and smart remarks lately about how I motivate myself to get up and work out, especially at 5am. So I thought I’d make you a list ways to get yourself to exercise, whether that’s going to CrossFit, playing tennis, doing yoga, or working on your smiling muscles in the…
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Surviving Illness
Our house has been ravaged by illness over the past few weeks. We’ve fallen prey to multiple rounds of Influenza, the Common Cold, and, that dreaded monster of a virus (especially in homes with small children), Cabin Fever. Since it seems ’tis the season, I thought I’d write a few tips, in case your house…