We all have those weeks, where it seems like everything and nothing is happening at the same time. Your mind is fuzzy, small tasks feel like uphill climbs and your concentration is lackluster at best. You’ve been hit hard with a case of mind-clutter and your razor-sharp focus is eluding you. We all go through [...]
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I have a confession: I used to be a Negative Nancy *resounding glass shattering* Nearly two years ago, I was in a miserable job, a not so great relationship, the $20,000 I needed to go to a prestigious London school wasn’t materializing and I was so far down in the dumps I was eating garbage. From where [...]
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In the pursuit to find our way in the world, we often listen to the shoulds instead of listening to our hearts. We let society’s, our families’, our friends’ rules dictate what we should do and stifle our own God given shine! There’s no cookie-cutter template for life and what you decide to wear, do [...]
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I’m an introvert extrovert. While I can be the social butterfly and sometimes extremely gregarious, inward I’m a stone cold loner and relish the times when I can be alone with my thoughts. As one of five children finding time to be alone growing up was difficult to say the least. Much to the chagrin [...]
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It’s August and 2010 is nearly over! My thoughts have been centering on my goals for the year,what I have achieved thus far and what I would like to achieve in the next 5 months. I typically segment my goals into professional versus personal, though sometimes there is overlap. And while I know that goals should be measurable [...]
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I envy chipper people. You know the kind of people who are bubbly at 7am and who don’t rely on caffeinated drinks (coffee, Red Bull, Speed) to get them through the day and say things like “Super Duper”. I salute them and secretly want to drink from whatever fountain of energy they have tapped into. While, my energy is [...]
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While most days are a parade of positivity, morning sex coffee runs and sunshine, sometimes the dark side of the moon likes to rear its ugly head and poo poos all over your afternoon. The expression FML (Fuck My Life, for you acronoym-phobes) exists for a reason. Bank account overdraft: FML! 2 hour traffic jam: [...]
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I read Deepak Chopra, I subscribe to Zen Habits, hell I even listen to Oprah on Sirius (don’t judge me). I’m hellbent on improving myself and living as Oprah says “my best life yet” (I thought it was one life to live, but who’s going to correct the Big O?) While I’m constantly searching for [...]
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It’s Monday again yall (doh) and like most other “traditional” employees, I live (LIVE!!!) for my weekends off and with the weather finally breaking, the weekends are the perfect time to get out and see your city. While I typically write or do freelance work on my Sats and Suns, the weekends are the perfect [...]
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