Tag: what do you want
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All it takes is a choice
He quickly said, “I wish I could go on trips like that.” I replied, “All it takes is a choice.” Could you be living your dream life now, or are you content to just dream about it? Can you afford to go on that vacation now cut choose to keep putting it off? Be honest…
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Declaring independence
Yesterday, was the July 4th, the day we celebrate independence in the states. So, what day will you celebrate yours? What is going to be the moment, your turning point, that you mark as the time you finally let yourself become free? I don’t mean when did you move out of your parents’ home or…
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I am a great storyteller
I was doomed at work because I had made mistakes, that I would continue to make, and would be found out for not being qualified. And then ultimately, I would be let go. Or at least that is the story I had been telling myself. I had constructed the story, with the inspiration of minor…
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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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You have not missed your exit
Highway driving is/can be incredibly stressful. The thing that gives me peak anxiety is trying to change lanes during rush hour. To oversimplify, I would say that I get stressed as I think about how close my exit is, the number of cars zooming past me, and the lack of opportunities. A better word might…
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Breaking a first impression
I have an entire list of things I can’t do. Or rather, I have a list of things I can’t do if I want to uphold a particular image. I want to leave a good impression, even though I haven’t quite defined what that means. All I know is that, I am constantly thinking how…
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If it all went away
There is a trend among influencers where they discuss what they buy if their collection all of a sudden went away. They go over what clothing pieces they would buy first, the fragrances they would need, and the beauty products they would definitely seek out. They list all of the things that they currently love…
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But really how do you become the “main character”? Some advice on how I’m going about it
Following from my post last week, I’m recasting the film of my life, with myself as the lead. But what does that mean? You likely have seen for some time now “main character energy” across social media. I am not here to bring you anything from that space to define this. I instead have turned…
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Watching other people live life
They call them vlogs, those videos where people show you how they are living their lives. They take you with them to the grocery store, the camera perched in the child’s seat in the shopping cart. They take you out with them to Starbucks, and you can see exactly how they order their drinks. They…
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I gave up indecision
Hello, I am indecisive. This has been my plight for years. I have been that person who just closed her eyes and waved her finger over a menu to finally make a choice, and then regret it and try to switch yet again. I have struggled for years, so much so that I started to…
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