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Embrace the Blank Page.

Posted on March 3, 2022 Posted in Musings No Comments

Each night we go to sleep with different thoughts running through our heads. Sometimes, we look back on the day with contentment and joy. Other times, we stew and fret over things not done or words that were said. Mostly, …

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Don’t Agonize. Organize!

Posted on February 17, 2022 Posted in Musings 2 Comments

These last few years have left many feeling unmoored. Months passed when no one really seemed to know what was happening, and with no clear end in sight, many are still anxious about what lies ahead. It can be agonizing …

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You Deserve to Take a Rest. You Don’t Have to Earn It.

Posted on February 3, 2022 Posted in Musings 4 Comments

We have all typed, texted, or said, “enjoy your well-earned rest,” to someone about to take a vacation or start their retirement. Maybe, a friend or colleague has said it to you. You nod and smile, confident in the fact …

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Why Did I Take So Long to Figure Out This Stuff?

Posted on January 20, 2022 Posted in Musings No Comments

With the typical arrogance of youth, in my teens, I assumed most of life’s lessons would be learned by the time a person finished university. From then on, you had it all sorted out. The long days of studying and …

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Why Do We Keep Postponing Our Happiness?

Posted on January 6, 2022 Posted in Musings 2 Comments

I can’t imagine there is a single adult on this earth who hasn’t at one time or another told themselves that they could only be happy once a particular event comes to pass. “When the kids are grown and flown, …

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There Is Still Time to End the Year Strong!

Posted on December 23, 2021 Posted in Musings No Comments

Christmas is right around the corner, and your To-Do list seems to have taken on a life of its own. Worse yet, 2022 is lurking just over the horizon.  In previous decades, we welcomed in the new year with fanfare …

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Stop Taking Everything So Personally!

Posted on December 9, 2021 Posted in Musings No Comments

Please tell me I am not the only one. Who else has noticed a trend in people taking every single tiny thing as a personal attack on them? Recently, I saw this played out in a letter published in my …

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You Win Some. You Learn Some.

Posted on November 24, 2021 Posted in Musings No Comments

Most people have heard the expression, you win some, you lose some. Of course, it is only trotted out after a loss or failure, usually to make the loser feel better about their lack of success.  Growing up in South …

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Don’t Count the Days. Make the Days Count.

Posted on November 11, 2021 Posted in Musings No Comments

I was barely nine years old when I fell in love with calendars. Not only did they come with postcard-perfect photos, but they also packaged an entire month into neat little blocks.  When you flipped the page to a new …

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We Are Raising the Kind of Children Employers Loathe.

Posted on October 28, 2021 Posted in Musings 4 Comments

I think we can all admit to grabbing our phones in the middle of a conversation in order to look something up. “You say a baby Platypus is a Puggle? Well, let me just check that!”  Knowledge is power, and …

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