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Day 19: Stop Being Average

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Ever have one of those days where all of the pieces align perfectly for you to get bonked over the head with exactly the right message you need to receive? Today was one of those days for me. First, I overslept. I overslept because I forgot to set my alarm last night because I didn’t do my bedtime routine. I… Read more »

Day 10: Phoning It In

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Today felt completely and utterly overwhelming for reasons I can’t yet articulate. Well, no. That’s a lie. I know what it is. I just don’t want to admit that it’s bothering me so much because then I’d have to deal with it. Also known as, all that growth I talked about yesterday? I still need some more, preferably soon. Now… Read more »

Day 9: “Penguins? I LOVE PENGUINS.”

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There’s this thing that happens when you see pure joy on your child’s face and anything that was stressing you out, frustrating you, worrying you, suddenly becomes unimportant. Today was a total perspective reset, and one that I realize now I desperately needed. It seems like the healthier I get, the “better” I get, the more I realize how much… Read more »

Day 5: “And That Was When the Aliens Landed”

I kind of completely love the TimeHop app, and in November I kind of completely love it for two reasons: Reading all of my remarks about NaNoWriMo from 5 years ago is hilarious, hence the title of this blog post. Watching my ever-growing pregnant belly swell to epic proportions in the countdown to my little guys’ birth-day 3 years ago… Read more »

Day 3: Progress, not Perfection

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Mondays are usually a little hectic in this house, so I’m used to that. No big deal. But the Monday after Daylight Saving Time ends (aka, the day we accidentally figure out the hard way which clocks we forgot to change), the Monday after I ran a somewhat punishing 11 miles, the Monday when I’m in back-to-back meetings all day and had… Read more »