Posts Tagged ‘responsibility’

How to Stop Worrying About Everyone Else’s Happiness

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
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How do you stop worrying about whether your friends and family are happy? You know you should, but HOW?

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For Those Who Aren’t Ambitious

Friday, February 24th, 2012
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My husband wrote a post yesterday that I think was very brave; he published his own life list. When I wrote my life list, it took a certain amount of courage for me to acknowledge all of my big dreams. I worried about appearing grandiose more than I thought about dying with anything undone. People [...]

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How I Know that Happiness Is Always an Option

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
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There are a lot of clichés about happiness and how to be happy and just, you know, personal growth in general. Figuring out how to be happy is just so damn complicated and unique to each individual; it’s too much to sum up in any one motto or mantra or infographic or even one really [...]

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You Deserve More than Love

Friday, October 28th, 2011

I saw one of those inspirational photo things on Facebook this week that purported to say a lot about what loves is. Or rather, it said a lot about what love is not. Love is not, according to the wisdom of inspirational infographs, ignoring someone. Neither is it raising your voice or lying or cheating [...]

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Learning to Let Go of Expectations

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

I went to a writer’s conference last weekend and I was ripe with expectations. I visualized and thought positively and did my best to manifest exactly what I wanted with my mind. Not surprisingly, I found myself disappointed at one point when reality was not lining up precisely with my imagination. I thought back to [...]

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