Category: Reflection
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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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No need to set a fire
All ablaze, you self-combusted to keep them warm, and now they won’t even sit still to absorb the heat. You are turning in to ashes. No good to anyone, especially yourself. You’ve bent so yourself so they wouldn’t break, and here you are now, in pieces, while they continue on with no intent to help…
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Beautiful things should cost more
Have you seen the show Nailed It? I used to watch regularly, feeling quite smug about my comparative baking skills. I would sit there shocked by how far off their cake sculptures were from the original. Even more so, I was amazed by the contestants’ unwillingness to follow the recipe instructions or truly observe the…
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