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This is your regular reminder that self-care often means doing absolutely nothing for a bit. For those of us who have infinitely-long to-do lists, sometimes the block of nothingness needs to be officially added to the calendar. But it’s easy to feel bad about that hour (or evening… or day… or weekend) of downtime. It’s…
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I have to say that as a kid, I had a pretty limited list of things that I actually enjoyed eating. And most of the things that I liked… well, I grew out of liking them. At the moment, I can’t think of a single one that would qualify as healthy. Gushers, Fruit by the…
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Expressing the entirety of who you are in one line is next to impossible, but most of us do it anyway. We’ve got taglines all over social media. And even if you don’t do that, there’s a pretty high likelihood your professional email signature includes some sort of title or position. We love to label…
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Have I ever shared my fear of public speaking? It might seem strange since I regularly post about places and events where I’m doing exactly that. And heck, I even encourage folks to attend! But ten years ago I would have completely balked at the idea of getting up in front of a group of…
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A short and self-reflective question today… what am I good at? Of course, my first inclination was to just write the word “brevity” and then be done with it. That would have been funny, right? Because I’m also good at humor. See what I did there? But seriously… I’m pretty good at listening — not…
Aerik Arkadian 