Category: Reflection
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A few rules for shopping: Overcoming impulse buys
There was a day where my morning was especially rough. I then went on to decide that I needed to treat myself well to remind myself of my value. You know what helps with that? Skincare. “Ooh great! Both Saks and Neiman Marcus are having a sale!” I proceeded to fill my online shopping cart…
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It’s Cyber Monday. Keep calm and save your money
As much as I enjoy shopping, I am going to give you the advice that I need myself. Be mindful of what appears to be a deal. Right now, and in the week prior, many retailers are running promos. You likely have seen sitewide discounts, gift card events, gifts with purchase abound. Do yourself and…
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Just say no was good advice. Let’s bring that back
I am constantly guilty of this: I don’t tell people, “No,” nearly as often as I should. I don’t say what I really want to for fear of what someone else will think. I don’t tell them what I actually want or feel. I agree to do things I don’t really want to do, because…
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The color of your thoughts
The above quote from Marcus Aurelius is something that I came across and saved years ago, and then I never interacted with it again. Coming across it again now, I have to consider what are my thoughts doing to my soul. How does the way that I think and view the world influence how I…
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Reaching a turning point in these reflections
With the string of reflections I’ve posted and those that are still unpublished, I have noticed a trend: Boy, do I need work on self-confidence. If I were to take these writings to a caricature artist, they’d probably sketch out someone who is hunched over with a rain cloud overhead. That is not how I…
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New mantra: Then let ’em
As I try to change my habits and stop thinking so much about what others think, I’ve taken on a new saying to myself: Then let ‘em This is not so much a blog post as it is my personal encouragement. I can all to easily dissect my plans and try to figure out how…
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I want to stop thinking “What would people think?”
I have been thinking a bit about image this week. More specifically my image about how others see me. Not so much, unfortunately, how I see my myself. Man, have you any idea how much energy it takes to do the recon on all the possible ways people might perceive you? And then try and…
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Last one on celebrity endorsers: What do/should I think?
Over the past couple days, I wrote about high profile celebrity endorsers and brand decisions when they fall into scandal. I did continue to do some digging about how brands choose their responses. (I found this article in the Harvard Business Review, When Scandal Engulfs a Celebrity Endorser, should you want to read more on…
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Don’t wait until things get dark to bring in the light
I sat down at the table and ordered a plate of Portabello mushroom ravioli. I came to the restaurant after having had a rough few days, frankly feeling sorry for myself. When I feel low, when my mind is in particularly dark spaces, I take the time to buy myself something. That day, that thing…
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Trying to look like I’m right
I sped walked from the station. It was after 9 PM. As it was getting later, I didn’t want to give off any signs of vulnerability. I briefly checked the maps before leaving the station but refused to let the light of my navigation app indicate I wasn’t familiar with the area. I had to…
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