Tag: growth
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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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Family Values
FAMILY VACATION I’m on vacation this week, bumming around the beaches of North Carolina with my immediate family. This is an annual occurrence, and we have rhythms and patterns of behavior that we follow. But this year, my high school best friend and her family also joined us. And the whole experience has me contemplating…
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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…