Tag: life lessons
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Just Keep Moving
My mom’s 22-mile walk Last Saturday, my mom walked 22 miles with her friends as part of an annual event at her gym called Day of Endurance. I’m beyond impressed with her and her friends, both for the walk itself and for the months of training they did to prepare for it! So I wanted…
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There is More Beauty For You
It’s been a little quiet here on the blog. Life has been so crazy, I don’t even know what to tell you. But I told myself I wanted to write a new post before the end of July and now it is the END of July so I am doing it. Today. So hello again.…
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Can You Live Your Dream Now Instead of Later?
In other words: I’m writing a book! Hi, hello again! In case you haven’t heard, I got DOGE’d a couple of months ago. Along with 280,000 other people. “Being DOGE’d” is apparently the phrase we all use now to describe the painful process of suddenly losing one’s job because Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency…
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A Mountain Hike and Messy Middle
Slowing down to observe life when plans change The late summer light is giving way to fall, like the slow turning of a dial. Everything is muted and yellow-gold. The light comes slanting gently into the kitchen at 5:00pm when I’m wrapping up my work day. There is a calm after storms, when all goes…
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Life As Rehearsal
And the trap of ‘things will be good when…’ Yesterday I found myself leaning against the kitchen sink, sipping coffee, looking around the apartment, and thinking to myself: Things will be good when… we’ve hung up all the art that’s currently wedged between my dresser and the wall. When the frames we’ve bought are actually…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…