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A Beautiful Bundle Of Contradictions
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If I'm at Whole Foods get a banana for a snack, I'm more likely to save it than throw it away. Toss it in my compost heap when I get home, relieved I'm contributing to the creation of rich, hearty soi
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Nov 3, 2020
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Every-Day Vacay
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Some days, before I open my eyes to ready for rising, I seal them shut, seething with overwhelm and resistance to begin the day. The tasks are too many. The self-care daunting. I've dived back into th
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Aug 13, 2020
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Everyday v. Every Day
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For the first time in my entire life, today, I realized the actual difference between the word "everyday" and the term "every day." In countless blogs, posts, emails, writings . . . I've technically u
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Aug 3, 2020
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The Little Things
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There's an undeniable movement coursing through my life. I like the word undeniable because it's tangible, palpable, felt . You can't help but notice it. You have to acknowledge it. Funny how you
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Jun 10, 2020
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Lemon Lungs
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My phone had only been off a few hours, and I felt my lungs expanding--sensing more space to be filled, as if inside the house I was breathing at only a fraction of possibility. No Audible, Amazon Mus
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Apr 13, 2020
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No Going Back
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Sometimes I wanted to go back to being unconscious in my life. Eating like garbage and blaming everybody else for my problems. Long gone were the days of fast food without a serving of guilt-trip. I f
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Mar 21, 2020
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Life-Full
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"I never want to go to sleep," she gasped with wide-eyed enthusiasm. It was like her whole being expanded, full to the brim with life. "I just have so much I want to do before I die." She was at
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Oct 27, 2019
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Freedom From A Fiver
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Every once in a while me + The P.I.C. allocate a little cash to give away. It's an extension of our "Happy Money" practice--feeling thankful for everything down to pennies that cross our path, and in
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Oct 20, 2019
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Ferocious Homebody
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I felt stressed when I let the dishes accumulate to the point of not being able to see the sink's stainless steel bottom. Or when I left projects unfinished. Laundry, unfolded. Wispy nebulas of dust a
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Oct 13, 2019
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A Rare Day In Vegas
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It's a rare day in Vegas when I can see my breath billowing out in clouds of perspiration and the mountains are made invisible by a solid sheet of white. The sky is wrapped in a fleece blanket. Spatte
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Feb 27, 2019
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Sometimes It Rains
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It finally rained. I was waiting, wanting . . . it went from "that would be nice" to "gawd, I hope it rains." Yearning for the plants to drink from a source better than the hose. All the stuff of lif
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Oct 26, 2020
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Sadness Never Stays
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Sometimes I feel a sadness come over me that can't be remedied and for no reason in particular. It's everywhere within me, spreading through my veins, slowing my breath--a culmination of all the losse
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Aug 13, 2020
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The Sound Of Cicadas
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Me + The P.I.C. have been turning off electronics at 6. In these long summer days, it's still light out--deceiving, in the best of ways. I unravel the hose and replenish my garden plot, then the surro
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Jun 21, 2020
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That Was Living
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I looked up and scanned the sprawl of yard in the magic hour, just before dusk when the sun melts fast from honey gold to brilliant tangerine, and I felt a sudden sadness fill my gut, the whole of me
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May 8, 2020
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Instead of Advice
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Often we don't suspend our own baggage long enough to make space for another to express their own. It can be even worse with those closest to us. We're quick to judge and draw comparisons based on our
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Apr 13, 2020
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Honest Moment = Insta Turnoff
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Life has become so serious. Not a day has passed in as long as I can remember where I haven't overanalyzed the crap out of every aspect. Every bite of food. My unwavering inability to nail down a dail
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Feb 27, 2020
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Another One Of Those Days
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I bent up with an "Ooooof!" of pained confusion, only to see my cat's hindquarters fly off the bed. He had readied for launch from the window ledge above my unknowing, slumbering body and catapulted h
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Oct 20, 2019
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One Of Those Days
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The washing machine broke, then my cat threw up. It was one of those days. But did it have to be? I didn't want to plow along on this battered trajectory, halted by each new tiny disaster that ridd
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Oct 19, 2019
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First Words
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The first words after a long silence are a humungous . . . relief. A smile banana-s my face into a masterpiece of happy wrinkles and I rock with a quiet chuckle at this game I play. Of putting it off.
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Sep 23, 2019
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Perfect
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You are so perfect in all your edginess. I love your flaws. Let's throw tantrums and dance with the skeletons in your closet. Because it doesn't matter now. In my eyes, you are perfect. The m
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Feb 17, 2019
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