Tag: mindset
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This post is about a purse, but also not
I perused the showroom, on the hunt for a new fancy bag, one that would help me elevate my style. One caught my eye, in a brilliant blue and with ornate handles. It had ample space for storage and looked good. This is what I need to elevate my style. But I hesitated. I thought…
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The myth of 1 percent better
“That’s ridiculous. No one gets one percent better. If you were a salesperson and you did 1 percent better, you’d be making no money.” At that point, I cut the video. This is not the person I should take advice from. From an inability to do math alone, he’s a fool. If I could do…
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“More important things”
Gas prices are ridiculously high. There is an ongoing war. Scratch that, wars. There have been random violent attacks across cities. There is political instability. More and more people are getting laid off each day as companies lean in to AI and away from human labor. And I’m sitting here looking up mascaras. As the…
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This is the problem with you
I told the story. He waited for his chance to respond and started, “This is the problem with people like you,” What a bold way to start. “You look at your problems that you have at work and with other people and deem yourself the problem. ‘I should just try harder. I should stop being…
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No surprises here
At approximately 7:27 AM, a car zooms out in front of me in the neighborhood. I was frustrated. The driver ran the stop sign, and was forced to me to wait as he/she/someone annoying was stuck unable to turn left as the incoming traffic picked up. I grumbled, that I just needed to turn right.…
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You already have a vacation home
I had some vacation time to use up. It was set to expire. Even though I had no trips planned, it was a use-it-or-lose-it situation. I chose to use it. I submitted the time, set my out-of-office message, and headed off. A few relaxing afternoons without rushing about between appointments. The freedom to linger in…
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Is your boss evil?
Thank you for taking the first step and reading this post. You are probably here because you have been asking that question, over and over again: Is my boss evil? And you’ve answered it, “Yes,” multiple times. I mean, you’ve got evidence from your overbearing workload, the snide remarks, the ways you’ve been treated, and…
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What it really takes
Things I’m pretty sure I need: One more video. One more plan. Just a little bit more research. More time, more money, more knowledge, more resources. That is definitely what I need. Incorrect. What I actually need: To just start. I just have to take in a deep inhale, exhale, and get moving. I have…
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About those overpriced Louis Vuitton lip balms. I bought one.
On my trip to New York, I wandered through the Louis Vuitton store. This was my chance to finally try that obviously overpriced makeup. I gravitated to the lip balms, the LV Baumes. I swatched every shade except for clear. I found they were way more pigmented than I was expecting and may more satisfyingly…
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Taking the day off
These past few days I’ve been resistant to getting started on work. I’ve been struggling to get out of bed. I thought maybe that meant my discipline muscles needed to get activated. I sat there at my work computer, miserable but trying to push through. He said to me, “You know this is what sick…
A Wren Says 