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Settling in: to arrange yourself and the things you own so you feel comfortable in a new place. Approximately 2,100 times. I calculated the loose stat between old school jams as I jogged down Santa Monica Boulevard a couple weekends…
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A text screenshot saved in my “Things That Make Me Happy” Google doc from August 2016: “Closing time… Time for you to go back to the places you will be from…” Without fail, the Semisonic lyrics played over the speakers…
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Over the past decade, since starting a greeting card company and transitioning it into this blog, I’ve met with many people who have sought advice on their product idea, including how to make it, where to sell it and what…
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On the morning of January 1, 2017, I sat on the living room floor, slightly suffocating from the previous night’s long-sleeve sequin dress that required too much energy to remove. My phone laid face-down to hide the glow of incoming…
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For the past 3 years I’ve been blogging without much direction, trying to please as many people as possible. Maybe you feel that way sometimes: stunted by not knowing which direction to go and/or which way will lead you to…
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“There’s only memories that mean something. And memories that don’t.” The words slipped from Sylvester Stallone’s lips and quickly found a new home in the depths of my iPhone Notes among titles to books never read and life quotes by…
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Agile (n.): Able to move quickly and easily. Relating to or denoting a method of project management, used especially for software development, that is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation…
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We’ve all created stories for ourselves that take pieces of our past to predict the future. It’s natural and arguably intelligent. Some of the stories are great. But some are not so great. A New Friend “Pull your knees up…
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On Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m. on Day 3 of being 30, I walked down the streets of North Scottsdale in a wet white tee, accidentally exposing a black bralette beneath, as if I was heading to Havasu rather than…
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I hated the bag of nuts that routinely sat next to my boss’s laptop on the conference room table. I hated how he rarely ate them. And I hated it even more when he did. As coworkers provided their meeting…
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