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Stop Living Your Life Like It’s Groundhog Day
Happy Groundhog Day! For my non-American readers, Groundhog Day is a holiday where a groundhog (a medium-sized rodent) is said to be able to predict whether it will be a long winter or an early spring. If the groundhog comes out of its hole and see his shadow, we can expect 6 more weeks of…
Read MoreFiftyfifty.me Challenge: January Recap
I’ve completed Month 1 of the Fiftyfifty.me challenge! The goal is to read 50 books and watch 50 movies in 2012. Here’s a recap of my January progress. Books Bitter in the Mouth How Did You Get This Number Crazy Sexy Diet Movies X-Men: First Class The Artist Beginners I Am Young Adult The Help…
Read MoreGratitude Journals are Silly and Boring: Here’s Why You Should Keep One Anyway
Brace yourselves, I’m about to go all Oprah on you. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of gratitude journals. Basically, a gratitude journal is a written record of the things you’re thankful for in your life. I first heard about gratitude journals on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Oprah has been…
Read MoreWhen Was the Last Time You Read a Really Good Book?
On New Year’s Day 2012, I made a pretty vague resolution to “read more books this year.” I guess the universe noticed that I could use a push, so I stumbled upon the Fiftyfifty.me challenge. The goal is to read 50 books and watch 50 movies in 2012. That sounded like a resolution I could…
Read MoreWhy I Start Every Year in the Twilight Zone
You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead—your next stop, the Twilight Zone. For what seems like forever, the Syfy network has been ringing in the new year with a…
Read MoreThere’s No Room In My Life For Bullies
It’s finally fall, and you know what that means—the start of a new TV season! Last week Chris and I sat down to watch one of the new shows that had been getting a lot of hype. It’s fun to watch something together and discuss the characters and plot later. A few minutes into the…
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