Category: Reflection
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My biggest fear
I was in the gym yesterday and came in to contact with one of my biggest fears: There were multiple people with their cameras propped up on tripods and filming. Unsuspectingly, I could have just wandered into the background and ended up posted online forever. And then I’d be mocked in the comments as the…
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At least I’m writing
I have to admit, I don’t really know what to write about today. I guess this is just going to be another consistency post. There is just a lot going on in the world. I am doing my best to process it all. I’m doing my best to spin it positively and infuse hope into…
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Scented and seen
Just a quick spritz in the crook of my elbow. And the other, and then here and there. But just as quickly as I come to enjoy my scent, the doubts start creeping in. “Was it too much? Will someone else notice my fragrance? I should try to tone it down.” As much as I…
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I went to the grocery store
I went to the grocery store today. Perhaps that seems unremarkable to you. Maybe it is, but that doesn’t make it “not” a big achievement in my day. I am claiming that moment as a success because I fought against the inertia keeping me on the couch. I made a difficult decision to leave my…
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For consistency
I don’t know what to write about today, but I am writing anyway. I have been posting daily, for nearly three years. It is my longest running habit. I am learning about the power of consistency. And consistency requires doing things, even if you don’t feel like it, even if the circumstances are the best.…
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Just rambling thoughts about sponsored research
As I was looking into what, if anything, you should be sure to clean while traveling, I can across a press release. They said that research indicated how germs spread through hotels. Then I noticed this was from Lysol. Perhaps, it is reputable and holding to the highest of ethical guidelines. But that’s not what…
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Don’t start competing with yourself
I have written before about my habit challenges and my pursuit of greater productivity. One of my biggest hangups is that I am struggling to do things that old me had no problem doing. Listen, from one internet stranger to another: Don’t do that. Common advice is that comparison is the thief of joy. Usually,…
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Why didn’t you say that?
“Wait, why didn’t you bring that up?” She wanted to know why I wasn’t celebrating the victory. The truth was that what she saw as a success never registered to me. I was too busy picking apart all the areas for improvement. And truthfully, if she had somehow found out and tried to celebrate it,…
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Spoke no evil
I sat on the plane trying to watch the movie. As Speak No Evil continued to play on my Delta seatback screen, I became more and more irritated with the protagonists. There were so many times they should have left the situation, fled the grasps of the mad man, but they didn’t. Instead, they just…
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Vacation window shopping
I am sitting here, Google stalking the area around a hotel I have never been to, never booked a stay at, and barely know about. I had only learned about it and now have a desire to learn even more. So here I am, planning out the details for possible journey from the airport, any…
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