Tag: self talk
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Going off the grid
For some reason, you have lived your life looking outward for your source of energy. Across town, down the street, everywhere. You expected that someone out there would remain connected to you, supplying you with your source of light. And then the storm came. Then a squirrel nibbled a power line. And then, well you…
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You need to learn to share
I couldn’t stand that I had gotten flustered by the curve ball thrown by my coworker. I hated that I let myself get so silent as the stress creeped up, and I became less sure of the right steps. “That wasn’t what we had agreed to do. Why is she countering all my statements? Aren’t…
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My M.O.
I was honest. “I feel like I should cancel the trip and just stay home. I don’t know why I feel that way.” Quickly, she said, “Oh I know why. It’s because that’s your M.O.” It stung. My M.O. My modus operandi, or way of doing things. Over the course many of conversations, it became…
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Today on, “Are you really lazy?”
I was down on myself this week. I couldn’t get my brain to rev up and get to work. I had sat at my desk for three hours with nary an accomplishment except for an impressive watch time on my phone. In situations like this, it is very easy for me to slap on the…
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