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Touch Everything You Own
Noelie's goal in life: hold three toys at the same time I have a mental exercise that I never do. Every single time I’ve suggested it to myself, my response has been to take action in a completely...
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Food is Not a Love Language
Okay but I do LIKE like them Food is love. Sugar is love. If you believe this, how old do you want to be when you get your diabetes diagnosis? I just blurted that out, didn’t I. Let me dial back a bit...
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How to Be Confident
So that happened Does jumping over open flame, climbing a rope, running a marathon, backpacking thirty miles off grid into the wilderness, hugging strangers, or entering a public speaking competition...
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Captivate
Those of us who are awkward salute you, Vanessa Van Edwards, as our new queen. We have needed this book so much, but we never knew it. Ours is the tribe that openly claims to “lack social skills.” Why...
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Pennies in a Jar
Technically all of these are pennies. Just a lot of pennies. I’ve told you about my jar of pennies, right? My fairy money jar? The one that has $66.30 from money I found on the ground? Usually I use...
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Entitled to Books
They've infiltrated the Get Ready chair I need something to read and I need it immediately. I’m wandering around the aisles of Barnes & Noble, our closest physical bookstore, and I’m desperate....
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I'd Eat Healthy if I Had a Chef
25 minutes total kitchen time. Gardein Turk'y Cutlets with rainbow chard and a sweet potato. I have an acquaintance who told me something funny. She said she always tells people that she’d be vegan if...
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The Problem is the Problem
Spike tries to remind me not to leave my purse in Dog Zone The problem is the problem. What do I mean by this? I mean that the more attention we give to a persistent problem, the more we start to think...
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Real Artists Don't Starve
I saw Jeff Goins live in an academy at World Domination Summit, and he gave out copies of Real Artists Don’t Starve to all of the attendees. The list price of the hardcover was almost as much as the...
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Money and Survivor Guilt
Hey, Prince Charming, how do you like these? Cinderella never really fit in. She got her prince, but he liked her best when she was either singing or silent. She didn’t catch all the references and...
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Obstacles to Domestic Contentment
You see what I have to put up with around here? Happiness. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.Happiness comes in many varieties, not all of which have names, and...
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Work Out or Be Crooked
That left hip is supposed to be touching the floor Flattering as it is to think that body image must be my main reason for working out, that isn’t even on my top ten list. However I look is nothing...
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Romance is a Behavior
Our anniversary is coming up. As a matter of fact, we’re partying it up in Vegas right now! (Don’t worry; I wrote and posted this in advance. We are actually having fun). Eight years married, eleven...
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At Home in the World
“Yeah, but we have kids.” So many parents believe that their children limit what they can do that I’m always super-excited to be able to share examples of other parents whose kids are thriving while...
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Laughing All the Way to the Bank
E-money-ji “Laughing all the way to the bank” is an expression I learned from my parents. They are intensely frugal people. When I was a kid, they would say this quite a bit, but mainly in reference to...
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PACK THAT BAG! Home Version
Warning: This photograph may cause rapid heartbeat and desire to travel I just got back from my fifth trip this summer, and the fourth flight this month. Even though I have various systems in place, I...
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5'4" and 181 Pounds
Obviously this is campsite mode, not thru-hike mode! I drag the bathroom scale into the kitchen. No way am I going to fit if I try to stand on it where it normally waits, tucked in a corner. I tap it...
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Why We Wing It
The “wing-it method” is what we call taking off on a trip with no plans. We did this on our trip to Spain last year. Landed in Barcelona with no transportation, no lodging, no food, no propane for our...
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Side Hustle
Guess what? Chris Guillebeau has a new book coming out! I got an advance copy for attending World Domination Summit this year, which was quite gracious. It’s called Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in...
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The Auxiliary Desk
Ottoman = "Get a real desk? I oughta, man" Every flat surface is going to get covered with stuff. It’s a universal law. Just like a cat will always find an empty box and my dog will always find the...
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