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Navigating the shit puddle to achieve your goals
Walking into a SXSW party over the weekend, our clutch of bloggers ran into a bit of an environmental obstacle. Between the road construction on Nuaces and the Portland-like weather of the previous...
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Make sure you take the whole 3 minutes and 54 seconds to listen to the song. It’s important. I have been running, so sweaty my whole life Urgent for a finish line And I have been missing the rapture...
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What Loki Can Teach You About Freedom
This post is the second of a six-part Avengers series! You can also check out what lessons Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow/Hawkeye, and Tony Stark have to teach you about Self. Loki: I come...
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Black Widow and Hawkeye: Don’t Let Your Past Define Your Present
This post is the fifth of a six-part Avengers series! You can also check out what lessons Captain America, Loki, Thor, Hulk, and Tony Stark have to teach you about Self. Guestpost alert! Since I’m...
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Toss your to-do list and get a TA DA! list
I realized the other day that I’ve been doing TA DA! lists for more than a year, and I’ve never once written about it here. D’oh! Talk about your oversights. For those of you who have no idea what a...
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The Cult of Positive Thinking
WARNING: This post is a huge fuck-off rant, so if you don’t dig that, don’t read this. Try this instead. I don’t do warnings, but I’ve been waffling about this post for a long time, and this seemed...
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2013: The Year of Being Brave
It took me a long time to come up with my theme word for this year. Usually, I’ve got it nailed before the first of January, but it stayed elusive for 2013. I’d suffered so much hurt and shame in...
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30 before 30
February 2, 2013 marks the beginning of the last year of my twenties. On February 2, 2014, I’ll be turning 30 and officially becoming A Real Grownup, whether I like it or not. And rather than just...
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Little soul, big world: Be proud to be small
There is so much pressure on us today to be big. To be where it’s at and know all the right people. To make our mark and have history remember us forever. To do something spectacular for the entire...
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The State of the Ellie: March
Waaaay back in the day, I used to write this blog called Apples and Porsches (holla if you remember!). I equate it to my adolescence in blogging – not a newb, but not skilled enough to be a pro. To...
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Poison in the blood
I. It’s just a cut on an unerupted molar, but it turns quickly into a discussion about infections, antibiotics, surgery dates, and nurses. Granted, what brought me to the doctor was the pain in my ear...
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Elective
“Your surgery is considered elective.” To you. Not to me. You have choices – an endless matrix of decisions about space and need, each variable impacting lives and swaying fates. But I have no choice...
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A final reminder to myself
And in the end, you face all your challenges alone, but the manner of the meeting is up to you. Hold your chin high, put on the game face, remember it’s not forever – that suffering now means freedom...
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The State of the Ellie – May
I realize that I wrote a State of the Ellie in March but then promptly forgot. I’m blaming the stress of March and April. I’m also going to give the universe credit for getting me back into it now by...
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Black Widow and Hawkeye: Don’t Let Your Past Define Your Present
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View Article{Summer Rewind} Forever incomplete
Hey, y’all! I’m on creative leave due to my hip surgery, so I’ve dug up some of my favourite posts to re-share. This one originally aired on March 20, 2012. Make sure you take the whole 3 minutes and...
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The State of the Ellie – May
I realize that I wrote a State of the Ellie in March but then promptly forgot. I’m blaming the stress of March and April. I’m also going to give the universe credit for getting me back into it now by...
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The State of the Ellie – June
Wow. To say that this May was unlike any other month I’ve ever experienced is an understatement. True, but an understatement. For those of you who missed the memo (including the entire month of...
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The State of the Ellie: July 2013
What was I up to in June, you inquire? Well, that’s very kind of you to ask. Let me tell you all about it. Writing I’m going to cheat a wee bit and remind you that Time & Again came out last...
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Write Against the Machine 16: Staying Motivated When Inspiration Wanes
This week’s episode is all about motivation – getting it, keeping it, and losing it. I just wrapped the first draft of Transmigration of Cora Riley in 41 days, so Mary wanted to pick my brain about...
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