Category: Reflection
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I went to the grocery store
I went to the grocery store today. Perhaps that seems unremarkable to you. Maybe it is, but that doesn’t make it “not” a big achievement in my day. I am claiming that moment as a success because I fought against the inertia keeping me on the couch. I made a difficult decision to leave my…
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For consistency
I don’t know what to write about today, but I am writing anyway. I have been posting daily, for nearly three years. It is my longest running habit. I am learning about the power of consistency. And consistency requires doing things, even if you don’t feel like it, even if the circumstances are the best.…
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Just rambling thoughts about sponsored research
As I was looking into what, if anything, you should be sure to clean while traveling, I can across a press release. They said that research indicated how germs spread through hotels. Then I noticed this was from Lysol. Perhaps, it is reputable and holding to the highest of ethical guidelines. But that’s not what…
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Don’t start competing with yourself
I have written before about my habit challenges and my pursuit of greater productivity. One of my biggest hangups is that I am struggling to do things that old me had no problem doing. Listen, from one internet stranger to another: Don’t do that. Common advice is that comparison is the thief of joy. Usually,…
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Why didn’t you say that?
“Wait, why didn’t you bring that up?” She wanted to know why I wasn’t celebrating the victory. The truth was that what she saw as a success never registered to me. I was too busy picking apart all the areas for improvement. And truthfully, if she had somehow found out and tried to celebrate it,…
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Spoke no evil
I sat on the plane trying to watch the movie. As Speak No Evil continued to play on my Delta seatback screen, I became more and more irritated with the protagonists. There were so many times they should have left the situation, fled the grasps of the mad man, but they didn’t. Instead, they just…
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Vacation window shopping
I am sitting here, Google stalking the area around a hotel I have never been to, never booked a stay at, and barely know about. I had only learned about it and now have a desire to learn even more. So here I am, planning out the details for possible journey from the airport, any…
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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…
A Wren Says 