Friends, do you make New Year's resolutions? I usually do. Setting goals is my superpower. Come January 1st, I am armed with my list of things I will conquer in the next 365 days: everything from fitness challenges to financial ambitions to travel plans. Not all my goals are lofty; one year I resolved to …
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What is your why? Is it just me, or is this question everywhere these days? I am hearing it on the regular at the moment. TedTalks, Instagram stories, Husband. At a staff meeting about 10 years ago, our new principal was introducing herself. Along with some general details about her life and career, she also …
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When my alarm (chirping birds) goes off at 5am, I hear Lily Allen's voice singing "It's 5 o'clock in the morning...". You know, from the song she did with T-Pain back in 2011. Find it online if you haven't heard it before and give it a listen. Then you, too, can have her lovely British …
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It’s a daycare day today! Do you know what that means, friends? It means this mama is freefreefreefreeohsogloriouslyfree to come and go and get shit done without my little cling-ons sweet children around to slow me down with all their needs that, er, need tending to. Naturally, I’m choosing to use the time to go …
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In many parts of Canada, cottage is a verb as well as a noun. We are a country of cottagers. We go cottaging. (I mean, there are a lot of people who camp too. But I'm sure we can all agree that people who choose to sleep on the ground and pee in the bushes …
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