For the past few days I’d been working on a post about new year’s resolutions–which I don’t make anymore (because there is no faster way to get myself fighting against what I want to…
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When I chose hygge as my word of the year for 2018, I basically told myself that I had to spend some time each day devoting myself to coziness. I’m proud to say that I followed…
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About a year after my dad passed away, I remember my mom lamenting “I just don’t know my purpose in life.” She was nearly 80 years old by then. She’d spent her entire adult…
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This is the time of year when people start pondering their new year’s resolutions. As the old year begins to wind down, we start looking ahead at a blank calendar–a whole year filled with…
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Not long ago, I learned two new things that have really stuck with me: 1. The ancient Greek word akrasia, which describes our tendency to act against our own best interests. Akrasia is at the…
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Have you chosen a word of the year? I started this practice just last January. Reminding myself that being “authentic” was my primary focus helped me make decisions that might otherwise have been more…
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You’ve heard me say this before, but I’ll say it again anyway: I am no fan of new year’s resolutions. Most of the time, I think they’re unrealistic and unsustainable. You don’t become a…