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Vaccines Vs Vanity: My Quest for a New Happy Place

September 30, 2021

Ah, the hair salon. A woman’s happy place. Where else can you go and sit for 3 hours, enjoy some pleasant conversation AND a scalp massage, and come away feeling all shiny and new?

It’s been nearly four months since I visited a salon. Not because I couldn’t get an appointment – I’ve booked two, but cancelled when I learned that the stylists either hadn’t been vaccinated or wouldn’t disclose that information. One seemed well and truly offended that I would ask in the first place. Through friends and colleagues, I’ve found three more stylists, only to learn that they, too, were choosing not to be vaccinated.

Have I inadvertently stumbled upon a niche of anti-vaxxers?

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A Project A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

July 30, 2020

I mean, maybe.  I’m not a health professional so keep eating those apples.

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Onwards.

Are you in a bit of a rut? Feeling out of sync or out of sorts lately?

It’s normal to go through periods when your energy and motivation wane.  Throw in a global pandemic that robs you of a sense of control and security over your life and chances are, you’re becoming quite familiar with that rut. Maybe even a little comfortable there.

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5 Gift Ideas for the Lovely Lady on your List

November 9, 2015

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Christmas always has a way of sneaking up on us, doesn’t it?  Even though the stores start exploding with Christmas stuff  before the kids have finished trick or treating, it seems that a lot of people are still stressing and scrambling to find the perfect gifts right up to the last minute, as if they didn’t know all year long that Christmas was happening again this December.  Not me, of course.  My Inner Productivity Junkie makes sure that gifts are bought and wrapped a couple weeks after the previous Christmas season comes to an end. No silly, I’m not really that anal organized.  But I’m not far off.

In an effort to help you get ahead of the Christmas rush this year, I came up with some ideas for the girly-girl on your list. Read more

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