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My Kids Don't Need An Easy Life All the Time

Parents try to make life easy for their kids, but reminding our kids easy is not always better is something I want to keep trying to do.

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This is the Best Way to Fight Racism

I asked my Black friend what her experiences are to educate me. Racism exists, but what gives me hope is that kindness and love also exist.

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Aging is the Kick in the Pants I Need to Live Deeply

Getting old sucks, right? But the older I get, the more confidence I get, and I tend to keep digging in and enjoying the ride wherever it go

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Advice to My Grumpy Butt: Let the Good Parts Carry More Worth Than the Hard Parts in Life

I had a dream my son told me to enjoy his childhood more because life goes by so fast. Since then, I've been trying to take his advice.

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It's Not What You Do, It's How You Do It

Being who you authentically are is the best gift you can give the world, even when you feel you are not leaving a mark.

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10 Reasons Why I Dumped Social Media

I was spending too much time caring if people "liked" me, so I decided to pull away from social media, and my brain is happier for it.

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Quarantine Reality: I Am A Spoiled Hipster Who Wants to Help More Instead of Sitting Around

Staying at home during the pandemic has thankfully reminded me what a sheltered, whiny hipster I am who needs to dig in more.

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This Quarantine Isn’t All Kumbaya and Baking Bread: 10 Lessons I’ve Learned While Being Isolated

This Coronavirus quarantine has forced me to slow down and focus on my life. It's feeling awesome and horrible at the same time.

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Sometimes You Need to See the Dark to See the Light More Clearly

Sometimes a good health scare is all you need to shake up your complaining and turn it into gratitude and digging in with grit.

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A Little "Half-Assery" is Good for the Soul

Lowering the bar in life helps you to stop choking yourself on how high the bar is. Letting in imperfection is the better way to find joy.

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A "Vision Board" Doesn't Make the World See What You See

Things don't always go our way, even if we make a magical "vision board" Oprah told us about in the 1990s. Maybe our way isn't the only way.

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Slow Down, Go Deep

Sometimes it's good to be alone and observe the world around you to remind you to dig in deep to this moment because this is the good stuff.

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Apologizing is the New Superpower

We all want to be right, but there is more power in being vulnerable and apologizing when we've messed up. No fun, right?

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Hard Work Might Get You Nowhere Special

Challenging ourselves to do more doesn't always equal more money or higher status. Maybe the payoff is unknown but should we dig in anyway?

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You're Annoying. I'm Annoying. Let's Do This.

It's normal to get frustrated with annoying things people do, but this year I want to dig deeper and let it all in, so I can love better.

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I Take My Kids to Church to Confuse the Crap out of Them

My kids don't like going to church, but I like to challenge their self-absorbed minds with big thinking, so they're kind adults one day.

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The Best Way to Leave a Legacy is Not to Worry if You're Leaving a Legacy

Our legacies will most likely be more of a whisper that few will carry within them as a result of the little things we do to connect.

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Newsflash: You're Just as Annoying as You Think Your Spouse is

It's easy to paint a picture where we're the victim and our spouse is the annoying one, but we're all super annoying and awesome at once.

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Imperfect Parenting is the Best Gift for Our Kids

I don't give my kids a false idea of perfection, so when they get into the real world they're not shocked not everyone thinks they're great.

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7 Steps to Help Your Kids Follow Their Dreams and Not Live in Your Basement When They're 40

As a parent, we want to encourage our kids to follow their bliss and to grab life by the horns, but it's nice to be able to afford food too.

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