Category: Reflection
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Forgive my eavesdropping
It was a chance sighting in the store. I overheard the customer speaking to the cashier. Her thesis: Life is too short to not do what makes you happy. Life is too unpredictable to save all your wishes for some day when. Sometimes, your joy is the best justification for spending your money. She wasn’t…
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A lumpy blanket of comfort
You should be doing better but you’re not. You know all the things that you need to do. You have a list of changes to make, people to see, work to begin. You want to see results. You want things to change. But none of it has happened because you are too comfortable as you…
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For the April fools
Today is April 1. Undoubted the number of marketing emails you received with the words “Just kidding,” “No Joke,” or “Gotcha” probably shot up today. I could cover some of the best April Fool’s Day marketing stunts, or why it is a good way to use the holiday to reengage your audience. But I won’t…
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What if you’ve been wrong this whole time?
I picked up the old picture of a then seven-year-old me. “Wow, I was such a cute kid.” It was a revelation, rather than a brag. Around the age the photo was taken, I was led to believe that my features were, well unfortunate. For years after, I was self-conscious, growing more and more uncomfortable…
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What I’m really learning from my fragrance journey
It is strange how hobbies find you. I got into fragrances on a whim. It grew from marathon smelling sessions at Sephora as a free way to pass the time, to the hunt for the perfect scent for me, then finally to a full-blown passion for learning more about products and everything there is to…
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I’ve been telling myself the wrong story
There is a story that I have been telling myself for years. It is time for me to stop. The story goes that I am conflict averse. I think the root is how uncomfortable I find it. My heart races to the point I get truly concerned other people can hear it. My voice gets…
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Becoming a taker
I am working on being a taker. I give way too much. I give up. I give away my power. And I give way too many cares. Instead, I want to start taking. I want to take my time instead of rushing through life. I want to take ownership of my own happiness. I want…
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Running late for the success train
I, friends, feel like an abject failure. That is harsh, but I do feel that I somehow fell far behind my peer group. I look with envy on their personal and professional successes. I sit back and wonder where I went wrong. Where did I get delayed on my course? I would love to say…
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I blame the human genome project
A funny thing happened after the sequencing of the human genome. The science became mainstream and taught it schools everywhere. It advanced the way we understood biology. And that led us to the phrase, “I just don’t have the genetics for that,” and all its variations. With the expansion of human knowledge came with the…
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Like toothpick bridges
There is a common grade school physics project, the toothpick bridge. Or balsam wood. Or straws, the material doesn’t really matter. All I know is the assignment I was given was to take these materials and come back with a viable bridge. I took the materials, and did my best. My best included supergluing my…
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