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Sacrificial Time
What sacrifices have you made in life? When I first saw this question, I immediately thought that I haven’t really made any sacrifices. Then I thought, what does the word “sacrifice” even mean? The almighty Google said that a sacrifice is “an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded… →
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Agree to Disagree
What public figure do you disagree with the most? Nice try, WordPress! Are you trying to make us get all angry and political with this question? As an American, I vehemently disagree with nearly everything that is said and done by our current president. However, the people that voted for him surely disagree with everything… →
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Will Everything Be Worth It In the End?
I saw that on the back of a t-shirt today. It was worn by a teenage boy. It struck me in how profound that question is. When we get to the end of our lives, will we look back and agree that everything we did and how we lived was worth it? For context, I… →
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Must Be Willing To…
What makes you nervous? Nervousness and anxiety go hand-in-hand for me. The primary things that make me nervous/anxious are criticism and confrontation. When I was a school principal, both of those things were daily encounters and bottom line, it sucked. At the start of my last semester in grad school last year, this was displayed… →
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So Many Decisions!
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. Last year I made the decision to leave a very toxic job that was quite literally killing me slowly. The levels of my blood pressure and blood sugar couldn’t take much more of the stress and anxiety. So many decisions have… →
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10 Years?!
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? The thing about myself in 10 years is that I have no idea what that’s going to look like. About four years ago, my life was a certain way. If I had been asked this question then, I am certain that what my life is like now… →
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Honestly
What’s the most fun way to exercise? I have written quite a bit about running, which is, for me, the most fun way. Well, unless we’re talking about other activities that are of a much more private nature that are fun to do with my husband (wink, wink). But since this prompt has come around… →
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When the Power is Misplaced
How would you improve your community? Back in August, I started working at the local community college in a department that focuses on classes that usually older adults take for self-enrichment and not for a degree. I was only at the job for about a month when I got an invite from the associate vice… →