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    Where You Dwell

    Do you live in the same place where you were born, or where you spent most of your growing-up years?  As a culture, we have a reputation for being pioneers. Wanderers. Restless spirits ready…

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    Getting Unstuck

    Several years ago, I decided to take up yoga. I had two preschool children, a full-time job, I was working on my doctoral dissertation–I needed something in my life that wasn’t a source of…

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    All Hobby, No Hustle

    When you start a blog, one of the things you learn pretty quickly is that many people assume blogging leads to some form of income. (Why else would you do it, they wonder?) In…

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    How to (Mostly) Quit Facebook

    At the start of the year, I decided to take a Facebook hiatus. My original plan was to give it up for a week. I’d developed such a Facebook habit, though, that it took…

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    A Look Ahead at 2019

    As I mentioned in a post last week, my word of the year for 2019 is focus. Paying attention to one thing at a time–and making the time for things that really matter–are among my goals.…

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    My Word of the Year for 2019

    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…