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Use Those New Toes to Give Yourself a Kick in the Ass
Yes, those shoes are sexy, but if they hurt, don’t wear them. There’s nothing sexy about hobbling around in high heels because they were designed for women who only have four toes. There’s nothing sexy about not being able to take that stroll after dinner because looking good in stilettos is more important than quality [...]
Evaluating Traditions
The other day my 15 year old son asked if I had purchased his advent calendar yet. “You know, the ones with the little chocolates,” he reminded me. I hadn’t planned to get any this year as I wrongly assumed he’d outgrown it. In that moment, I realized he hadn’t. It was a tradition that [...]
Flying Free
There is such beauty in watching the early morning sun sweep silently across the top of the light full white clouds. Golden colors of yellow and pink creep towards the small airplane I’m sitting in. The scene is appreciated all the more because this is a view I’ve rarely seen. I’m serene and realize the [...]
Busyness as a Badge of Honor aka Who Made You Sheriff?
There are some fantastic lines in this article by Christine Arylo who says her primary objective is to get women and girls to fall madly in love with themselves. In the article she says, “Forget Generation X or Y, how about calling us Generation E, for Exhausted!” So true. I was born on the tail [...]
Leaders, Followers and Those In Between
I’ve been thinking about natural order lately. Partially because of my past, partially because of my future but also because of my present. Have you noticed, everything appears to have the ability to be split into thirds? Birth, life, death. Roots, trunk, leaves. Even the best photographs are ones in which the composition is split [...]
Flying Under Bridges
My neighbor borrowed the audio book Flying Under Bridges (affiliate link) from the library and found herself laughing out loud in her car while she listened. Knowing I was a huge Shirley Valentine fan, she loaned me the discs when she finished with them. She was right, I loved it! Flying Under Bridges is a [...]
Walk with Purpose, Run with Attitude
Three months ago I signed up for the 2010 Run With Attitude 5k. I gave myself enough time to train, but I didn’t. Work got in the way and I chose paying the bills over my personal welfare. I’ve been exceptional at putting everything and everyone ahead of my own health. As a matter of [...]
Managing Responsibilities Gives You Greater Control
How much control do you really have? If only that car in front of you would hurry up so you can get to work on time. If only your spouse would do a better job parenting the children. If only your employees would quit taking advantage. How many times have you felt your blood pressure [...]
Is This The End of Men?
“What if the modern, postindustrial economy is simply more congenial to women than to men? For a long time, evolutionary psychologists have claimed that we are all imprinted with adaptive imperatives from a distant past: men are faster and stronger and hardwired to fight for scarce resources, and that shows up now as a drive [...]
Stuck in the Middle with You
Having been first born in my family and first among my friends to have children, be married, get divorced, the middle position isn’t a familiar place to me. Yet, it seems that’s exactly where I am. The middle of my life. Mid-life. I’ve spent much of the past couple years looking behind and evaluating. The [...]