So many times I think we have nebulous resolutions such as “be on time,” “be more organized,” or “drink more water,” but we really don’t have a plan for achieving those goals. The good news is that, by utilizing natural patterns in the day and month, you can establish routines that help you accomplish your [...]
I had the misfortune of going to a high school that did not provide any foreign language classes. The result is that I’m now faced with four college Spanish classes—or I can learn on my own and try to test out of as many of them as possible. After deciding that was the most cost- [...]
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I have been away for a good while and have some ’splainin’ to do, Lucy.
First, I am currently recovering from food poisoning. If you’ve ever had it, you understand. If you haven’t, take your worst experience with flu or mono and magnify that tenfold, and you might have an idea of the pain of food [...]
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One of my favorite secular holidays has always been New Year’s Eve. There’s something exciting and invigorating about having that clean slate and turning over a new leaf.
Tonight begins one of my favorite religious holidays, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It’s a holiday with some beautiful traditions for the new year, such as eating apples dipped in [...]
One of my favorite bloggers, Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, just wrote a great post entitled Attack Your Limitations: Turn Your Weaknesses into Strengths. Reading his words started me thinking about the psychology behind some of our limitations.
First of all, let me ask you what some of your weaknesses are. A couple of years ago [...]
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