Category: Reflection
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I want to be like a banana
My bananas were overripened. It made me think I want to be like a banana. You add a banana to a smoothie, bam you know it’s there. There is no question as to whether or not it’s an ingredient in the mix. Banana bread. Definitely banana. You add banana to basically anything and it remains…
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That wasn’t so hard
Today, I got home and spent relatively little time scrolling on YouTube. I was on a mission. I had seen a mouse and wanted to make sure I never saw one again. In the midst of all of my cleaning and rodent problem solving, I saw the bag of old clothes and fabrics that had…
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Not the makeover I was expecting
I went over to the Ami Cole booth at Sephora. All I knew was that it was an up and coming beauty brand. I decided to take the time to ask the founder, Diarrha N’Diaye, why she made the leap to start the line. She recounted how she knew that was the work she was…
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A physical story
It was supposed to be an ordinary day. I tuned in to So You Think You Can Dance along with a large portion of America. The dancing competition show captivated me so I had to see what each of the partners had planned as they worked hard to stay in the running. And there was…
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I should do this
I had the opportunity this weekend to lead a workshop. I put people in groups, I facilitated conversations, I felt like myself again. I knew I enjoyed doing that, but I hadn’t had the chance to do it in so long. In the book, Designing Your Life, the authors talk about paying attention to the…
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All it takes is a choice
He quickly said, “I wish I could go on trips like that.” I replied, “All it takes is a choice.” Could you be living your dream life now, or are you content to just dream about it? Can you afford to go on that vacation now cut choose to keep putting it off? Be honest…
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Is this too much?
I considered asking a friend how I could get better at doing it all. But instead of doing that, I’m taking a pause today. I’ll put the same question before you that I just asked myself: Are you doing too much? Do you need to take some intentional rest? Does something need to get taken…
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One day this too shall be art
Water jugs, broken dishes, hair combs, dolls. It was an assortment of items gathered from archaeological digs and now on display at the Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen. I was caught up in the ordinariness of the objects on display. Certainly, the person who made or used those items could never have imagined that hundreds of…
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On sunglasses and seeing things differently
Before my trip to Copenhagen, I spent time trying to figure out what the locals wore. I wanted to know how I could choose the right clothes to properly blend in, as best as I could being a tourist. The articles I found suggested neutrals and sneakers. Bright colors would be so odd and make…
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Just a quick question
If how you spend your money is an indication of how you value things, then what does that mean for how you spend your time?
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