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Jan.23.2012
Good afternoon! Lets begin where I left off in my previous post. You should now have a tenative, working list that is not set in stone. Number one on the list is to visit your primary care doctor. Choose a day and time that will not stress you very much. (One where you...
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Dec.31.2011
Today is usually the day that people make their New Year’s resolution…March is usually the month they break it. Perhaps we’ve chosen the wrong word to express our determination to resolve an issue, or a situation. The original meaning is from the Latin resolutio-/resolution, from...
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Dec.01.2011
Generally I agree with John Gardner's assessment in The Art of Fiction about how stories can end: "...can end in only one of two ways: in resolution, when no further event can take place (the murderer has been caught and hanged, the diamond has been found and restored to its owner, the elusive...
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Jan.20.2011
On his fifth voyage, Sinbad the Sailor was in a strange foreign land where The Old Man of the Sea tricked Sinbad into carrying him around everywhere. The old man was thin and wiry and had gnarled legs and heels. He kicked him incessantly until Sinbad thought he would rather be dead than carry...
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Jan.06.2011
I am overweight and I am getting older.
When I wake up each morning, the face in the mirror is not mine. To me, I will always look like that fresh face girl in her twenties—athletic build, long dark hair, smooth skin. I’m not sure who that woman is staring back at me with wrinkles and puffy eyes...
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Jan.04.2011
Having finished the year with my resolution intact (and actually accomplished), I can start the new year afresh with new authors and reads. As before, I am going to read more this year. Some of my reading will involve learning as I will start a new three-year cycle of continuing education,...
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Jan.02.2011
Surprisingly enough, one of my blog posts (about successful resolutions) ended up on the front page of WordPress.com all through the holiday weekend. So far being featured in their Freshly Pressed section has brought me over 7,000 new visitors in the past three days. Amazing! If you'd like to...
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Dec.30.2010
Are you living your life the way you hoped or the way you think you have to? There are a million reasons people believe they are "stuck" in their specific situation from economic to health or relational reasons. It is true some situations can't easily be changed if at all but that doesn't...
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Dec.29.2010
As we approach the end of 2010; I reflect on all my achievements and smile broadly. Some goals were achieved sooner rather than later and others have been postponed slightly. But nonetheless, goals have been achieved and I am extremely proud of said achievements.
Going forward, the obvious thing...
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Dec.29.2010
I always thought New Year's resolutions were silly and disheartening. Of course, I'm not much of a goal person. As I grow, I'm finding that maybe I should become a goal person.
One of the biggest problems with resolutions, is that we pick them for the wrong reason, or that we pick a very...
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