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A good things jar

One of my 2014 resolutions was to have a good things jar: a physical place where I could write down the good things that happened throughout the year and where I could watch those happy moments pile up. On New Year's Eve, I woke up early: I...
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2014 resolutions: what I did more of this year

I feel like I am one of those rare people who really enjoys the end of the year and thinking about my new year's resolutions because I actually kept them--and I am looking forward to setting new goals for the new year! It's amazing how a) writing...
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Only the good die young

My high school senior quote was "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints." A nod to my just-rebellious-enough streak at a conservative Catholic high school, it was my favorite line from "Only the Good Die Young" by Billy Joel--a...
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And all good things are yours

I try to make gratitude a habit: to write down the things that I'm grateful for in a notebook and tell the people I love that I love them and to send thank-you notes in the mail. I want to make it something of the everyday instead of just a...
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Notes on sonder

The other day, a friend posted a definition of sonder on his Facebook page: "n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited...
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