Tag: community
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Bite-Sized Pieces
TOPIC PROBLEMS When I’m trying to write weekly blog posts, there’s a lot of pressure to think of topics. Typically, the more I write, the more topics I can think of, and the trouble is capturing them down rather than drumming one up in the first place. But sometimes there are so (SO) many words…
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How Much Do You Love Me?
How much do you love me? Every day, I ask this question—I think we all do. We want to know. How much am I loved? How big and how high is the love that my people feel for me? And the answer can’t be just words. It’s not enough to say, “To the moon and…
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The Great Road Trip
THE GREAT ROAD TRIP Fourteen years ago today, I was on my way home from The Great Road Trip. In 2010, through a combination of circumstances I will never really understand, my friend Kylie and I both managed to take two weeks off work to go on a road trip across the country. I drove…
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Life Lessons From CrossFit
THE FIRST RULE OF CROSSFIT We all know that the first rule of CrossFit is that you have to talk about CrossFit, right? It’s like that airport employee who announces that a flight is about to take off and all remaining passengers must board immediately. A guy runs up to the counter, out of breath.…
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The Myth of Improvement
I’M STILL MENTALLY ILL I realized this week that it’s been a while since I wrote about mental illness. So long, actually, that you might have found yourself wondering: “Is Ashleyne still mentally ill?” Why, yes, in fact! I am still mentally ill. And it’s looking like that will be true for the rest of…