Tag: mindset
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Purely for consistency
I have a busy day and no ideas, but I want to maintain consistency. There is no content beyond that. So, even if it is the bare minimum, I can say that I put in work. I’ll be back tomorrow with longer, legitimate content. What are the baby steps you can also take today to…
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Forgive my eavesdropping
It was a chance sighting in the store. I overheard the customer speaking to the cashier. Her thesis: Life is too short to not do what makes you happy. Life is too unpredictable to save all your wishes for some day when. Sometimes, your joy is the best justification for spending your money. She wasn’t…
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A lumpy blanket of comfort
You should be doing better but you’re not. You know all the things that you need to do. You have a list of changes to make, people to see, work to begin. You want to see results. You want things to change. But none of it has happened because you are too comfortable as you…
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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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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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When did I get so small?
I don’t know when it happened, but I awakened and realized how small I got. I came to find myself minimized. When did it happen? When did I become so assuming? When did I decide that I won’t take up any more than the necessary space, and would take less than that if you asked…
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A fashion blog, and yet highly unfashionable
I went to an event today and felt so out of place. The women at this daytime event were made up, well dressed in heels with their designer bags. I showed up in a wrinkled shirt that I tried to disguise with my coat and the pants that I found and thought, eh they’d fit.…
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I fell today
Yesterday, I fell down. Truthfully, a hook got caught on the bottom loop of my shoe lacing pattern and dragged me to the ground. Today, I told someone that the path was way too slippery today on account of the rain, and then I proceeded to go down it. And of course, I slipped and…
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Just a pair of polka dot rain boots
A pair of polka dotted rain boots. Patent black, with white dots. I was so excited when I opened the gift to reveal what would become my superpower. I could finally step out without fear of wet socks or soggy shoes. I walk differently in the rain with waterproof shoes on my feet. I walk…
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