The Truth About Competition

I’m not a competitive person. This might come as a shock to you if you’ve ever played a game of Trivial Pursuit with me. Aside from my obsession with colorful plastic pie pieces, I try to avoid situations where I’m pitted against someone else in direction competition. I’ve never played sports other than cheerleading, and…

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Editor’s Notebook 44

The Editor’s Notebook is my place to share the things I’m loving this week and other random links that have caught my eye. Enjoy! What I’m Loving This Week How to Meditate: A Beginner’s Guide. Easy peasy way to just get started. 29 Smells From Your Childhood You Forgot You Loved Smelling. Lip Smackers? Hell…

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How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything

A few years ago when I was still in the corporate world, the company I worked for was hosting a conference. One of the meeting rooms was changed at the last minute, and we needed to put up a sign to direct the attendees to the correct location. No biggie. A group of us were…

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What to do When No One Likes the New You

A funny thing happens when you start editing your life… At first you’re making very slow progress and seeing if you trust yourself to do the work. I mean, you’ve set goals and not reached them before, right? Once you feel the energy of completion and get that snowball effect rolling, your brain starts screaming,…

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5 Sneaky Ways to Stop Judging Others

Sometimes when I’m running errands or walking around town, I’ll catch myself being really hard on the people around me: She’s too fat. His clothes are ugly. That mom doesn’t know how to raise her kids. Only a jerk would park his car like that. Who does that bitch think she is? Wow, I’m quite the…

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