I don’t have enough time. I don’t have the ____ to do that. Money. Guts. Space. House. Clothing. Face. Butt. It’s too hot. Too cold. I can’t do that to my kids. I have to do it for my kids. For my parents, my spouse, my boss too, maybe. I don’t know why I did [...]
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You are seeking instant gratification. The “Magic Pill” theory. Quick weight loss, instant love, one month to riches…blah blah blah. Everyone is promising it. They have “the secret” or “the way.” Even better, they can teach you their secrets and their way! Just call this 1-800 number or give your credit card number or take [...]
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We know all the comparisons between life and a roller coaster: Up and down. Wobbly. Creaky. Free-falling. Anticipation. Fear. Ecstacy. Let’s do it again. Make it stop. One more time. OMG never again. I think some people are so much better-equipped than others to handle the roller coaster of life. Maybe it is their nature, [...]
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“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don’t know” ~ Mark Twain At some point, I was told I was smart. So I became a Smart Girl. Which was cool, and certainly better than a Stupid Girl, but being a Smart Girl means that you have to be, well, smart. [...]
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It is #2 of the beautiful, brilliant Four Agreements: Don’t Take Anything Personally. Yet, we do. We so do. We make entire movies in our heads about what someone did, or didn’t do, or said, or didn’t say, or meant, or may have meant, or didn’t mean….and so on. We obsess over what they must [...]
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The world of mommy bloggers and mommy blog readers is all a-flutter: One of its most beloved and well-known women, Heather Armstrong (aka “Dooce” of Dooce.com) has separated from her husband. What’s more, she has announced her separation in, fittingly, a very public and bloggy way. A lot of people care a lot about this [...]
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When it comes to being miserable, there are, of course, many ways to skin a cat. Many roads lead to the place called Miserable: Pretend. You smile when you want to cry. You want to make sure everyone knows how happy you are, even when you aren’t. Everything’s great, everything’s perfect. So grateful! So blessed! [...]
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I know you are seeking it. We all are. The word that will make it worthwhile. The stamp to your parking ticket. The “You’re doing great, keep going.” The sign that you are a good fit. That you are not off-base. That the thing you are doing or the word you are saying is acceptable. [...]
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Dreams, hopes and wants fall into many categories, all of which boil down into something simple like: 1) I can totally do/have/get/complete/achieve that thing. OR 2) There is no way I will ever do/have/get/complete/achieve that thing. All too often, we live in the safe harbor of the #1 stuff and steer clear of even dreaming [...]
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By age 8, I’d decided that no one could help me. No one. Period. But I pretended otherwise, mostly because of the corned beef. * * * I was 7-years-old and in 2nd grade when the teasing began. The girls, three of them, were in 5th and 6th grade, and they picked on me for [...]
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