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Finding Happiness at Home
I am truly the most happy any time that I am at home. In the past, I’ve written posts about different aspects of being at home that make me feel the most content and at peace: Daily Prompt Response—Spirituality Daily Prompt Response—Daily Habits Also, I have a whole series of “Things That Are Making Me… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 11)
There is such a thing as rage cleaning. But for me, rage driving is where it’s at. To be clear, I don’t mean driving with road rage. I do have a fair amount of that, but lately I have thoroughly enjoyed being alone in my car driving through town to run errands. Music is always… →
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Christmas is Weird This Year
Back in the spring, when I knew I was quitting my job of 19 years and doing…well, I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life at that point. I just knew I wasn’t going to keep being an educator. I wrote repeatedly in my journal about how badly I couldn’t wait… →
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Journaling Through Mental Illness
My quest to re-read all of my journals from start to finish continues. I am in the middle of reading #18 out of 38. This particular journal is one of the most compelling. It’s the one that needs to see the light of day the most. It covers the period of time when my mental… →
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Shock Therapy
I was in a meeting today with other leaders in my department. It was led by our associate vice president. One of the people in attendance was discussing new solutions for a problem that she and the other person in her area had been experiencing. It has been a very busy couple of months for… →
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Reflecting on Past and Future: My Life in Three Years
If my life is close to what it is right now in three years, I will be happy. I actually just wrote about what my life has been like in the past three years. With that said, the next three years should hopefully be even better. Currently, I am at a point in my life… →
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Websites That Inspire Creativity and Support Mental Health
I honestly wasn’t going to respond to this prompt today because there’s really only two websites that I visit frequently, not including WordPress. Facebook is one of them, but there’s not anything particularly unique or exceptionally interesting about Facebook. The other website is one that I prefer to keep to myself. For many years I… →
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The Joys of Life After Grad School
You know what’s great about not being in grad school anymore and also not being a teacher? Exactly what I expected and long desired, more time at home to do whatever I want. I’m not worried or anxious about having time on the weekend or evenings to do hobby stuff. I haven’t felt like knitting… →
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The Power of Sound: Emotion and Memory
Yesterday, a comment made by my husband gave me pause. He was telling me about his reaction to text alerts. That got me thinking about the power of sounds. Until recently, like him, I had a very negative reaction to hearing my phone ring or my text notification sounding. Quite honestly, the sounds would give… →
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Middle Age Insights: Embracing the Present Over the Past
Absolutely not! The experiences I have had in my childhood, my teen years, and my 20s are not anything that makes me feel like I want to go back and relive any of it. There was a lull in my 30s where everything was o.k. But honestly, now that I have reached middle-aged status (hence… →