Category: Reflection
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Parking lot pet peeves
When the parking lot relatively empty, I like put a little cushion between me and the next car. I leave multiple spaces, I try to avoid parking right in front of others. If there is the room, why not use it. And yet, invariably, I return to my car to find my car flanked, and…
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Loss prevention and you
Walgreens reported that their anti-theft measures lost them $245 million in sales. Wow. I am not going to dive too much in to the specifics, but essentially the measures made it harder to take things off of the shelves. And that then frustrated real shoppers who would pay money, so they didn’t buy as much…
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Don’t stop now
At some point, I came across someone on the internet mentioning change happens not at all, and then slowly, and then all of a sudden. The moment I remembered those words, I was able to reground in the efforts that I’m making to try and change my life. Things are hard right now. It looks…
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I’m sorry I wasted so much time.
I spent so long worrying about what you think of me. Foolishly, it never occurred to me that you never did. That is not to say that you didn’t say things about my appearance, bring up my failures, or try to make me feel small. You did all of those things and said all of…
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So many choices
How are your resolutions coming along? At the time I’m writing this, we’re not even two weeks in to 2025, but that doesn’t mean things will have been perfect. I for one am doing a reassessment. I started with a lot of good intentions. It is time to start getting more specific. I know what…
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There will be no download
“Happy New Year! I’m still waiting for the new me to download.” I sent the text as a play on the commonly said phrase, “new year, new me.” It was a joke, but based on how I spent my day today, it seems I believed my words to be true. As I made my pizza…
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Seeking your disapproval
As a recovering people pleaser, I need to start living a life for me, rather than trying so hard to win people over, or get them to think highly of me, or try to get their approval at all. My resolution for 2025 is to disappoint more people. I need more people to disapprove…
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A year of mistakes
I should not have said that to my co-worker. I should not have sent that text. I should have followed the GPS. That was the wrong shade. I am going to be so late now. I made so many mistakes this year. What a successful year. Early this year, I set my resolution to make…
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On legacy
The world received news yesterday that former president Jimmy Carter passed away at 100 years old. An entire century of life. Rather than recap a celebration of his life, that you can get at pretty much any news outlet right now, I just want to reflect on the idea of legacy. There are those who…
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Challenge accepted
Last year, solidcore, a pilates inspired group class fitness studio, posted their solidays challenge. Complete 10 classes in 15 days to receive a free sweatshirt. At the time I saw the challenge, I did the calculation of what I was capable of and then started to draft an email to the company. I wrote that…
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