Essays
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Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…
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We still have a week of September left, but I always get excited when I see October 1 creeping up on the calendar. The start of October reminds of a quote from Anne of Green Gables, where Anne is described as “reveling in the world of color about her,” (love that description) and saying, “I’m so glad I live in a world…
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I’m so excited to be back to writing this morning after a trip to Ireland (!) for fun, followed by quick turnaround trip to New York for work. Some very high highs these past two weeks, but I’m also very happy to be home and settled. I do love a routine! Ireland was incredible. I included some of my favorite…
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Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…
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Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…
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This Friday is September 1! I can’t believe it, but fall, holidays, and end-of-year happenings are on the horizon, and we’re leaving another summer season behind. One of the fun things that comes with being in a new apartment (moved in June) is noticing different markers of time. My running path now goes right past Lincoln Park High School, and…
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Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…
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Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…
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Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…
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Recently, I was listening to a podcast episode and heard something interesting. At around the 5:20 minute-mark in the episode, the host talks about something she learned from her therapist. In regards to overthinking certain situations – teetering on the borderline of people pleasing – the host’s therapist told her to remind herself, “they can cope.” They can cope. At first,…
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Happy Monday! It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter. Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday, a short story and a roundup of positive thoughts to get your week started. Three Steps to a Happier Monday Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a…
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At some point over the past four months, you’ve probably seen some coverage about Taylor Swift’s Eras concert. Three hours of music from the past 17 years/10 albums, sold out stadiums across the country (and now world), and news cycle after news cycle about happenings at various shows. I was able to go to one of the Chicago night –…
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