Category: Reflection
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Dreaming bigger
There is this nagging sense thing on my mind. It’s a wish or prayer or demand that I should make. I can’t quite make out where it came from, but it’s unshakeable. I should ask for something big. I should think that maybe the impossible is possible. Maybe I will just be disappointed in the…
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This is nice
I looked up from my computer mid-work session. Distraction comes in the form of the random stacks of papers that I will definitely need. The piles of laundry waiting patiently for their turn in the washer. The trash that needs to be taken out. And of course, the non-existent to-do list because I never found…
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Unnecessary superpowers
There is a scene in the Bourne Identity where Jason Bourne points out all of the different elements he notices in the diner, including the location of all exits and the possible threats. I have a similar ability. I notice and anticipate others’ needs. Walking in to a coffee shop, I can point out all…
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It’s possible
Yesterday, I sat there on the phone, longing for a far off and nonexistent future. “I wish there were a way that I could afford to go on trips and travel like I want to and do my reviews, and buy the skincare and fragrances I want to write about, and still have money left…
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What I was missing all along
I started typing this post with a cookie in one hand and all the word generation responsibility in the other. I am allowing myself the sweet treat, because, of course, I can always start eating more healthfully tomorrow. Except this time I really mean it. I really mean that tomorrow is that day that I…
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Lazy days
Today’s to-do list was crushed, or rather crumpled because I got to none of the items. I just couldn’t get my brain going. The only thing I could seem to muster was watching one video and then another. I kept time thinking about what I should be doing, what others were doing. I should be…
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You deserve a treat
Today, as I write this, is Treat Yo Self Day, October 13. Or rather, it’s a day where Tom and Donna, two characters on the tv series Parks and Rec, took part in annual self-care and splurging. And now, fans of the show do, too. It seems silly, taking on a fictional character’s holiday of…
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Learning to multiply
I’ve made a list. When I come into wealth, I’m going to finally go on that vacation, I’ll buy that bag, I will do that thing. And then, I started thinking about the work that money could do for the world. After I take care of myself, how can I take care of someone else?…
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Stage presence
I am so comfortable as a stage hand, putting together details backstage to make a show run smoothly. But to be the show? That’s not me. I don’t know how this came to be, but I have to get on stage and be the one that everyone’s looking at. It’s not the public speaking, it’s…
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Praying for originality
The same story plays over and over and over. Worse than the sequel fever in the movie theaters is the borrowed plot in the real world. At times it feels like this is a simulation. There is no way it is happening again. But it is. It’s happening on repeat. There are days where I…
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