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Who Am I Now? The Journey of Reducing My Belongings happiness & joy Jan 13, 2025

When we rented our storage unit in 2021, it was only supposed to be for a year. We were going to build a house. After several costly disappointments, ...

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The Power of Puzzles happiness & joy Jan 06, 2025

Each Christmas, my husband and I exchange puzzles. He loves puzzles from A Christmas Story (You'll shoot your eye out!), and I love quirky puzzl

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Achieve Your Goals Faster with These Time-Saving Hacks goal setting & achievement Dec 30, 2024

I realized just a few days before Christmas that I had worked 90+ days without a day off. I could tell I was burned out, but I had so much to do. And ...

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Hidden Gifts in The Toughest of Times happiness & joy Dec 23, 2024

A few weeks ago, I was doing a hypnosis session with one of my hypnosis mentors, and I was pissing and moaning about my Hashimoto's hypothyroidism. Wh...

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Following Your Golden Path happiness & joy Dec 16, 2024

In 2017, I took a Chinese Medicine Face Reading class. It's the ability to read someone's personality by looking at the features and wrinkles on their...

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Love The Giver More Than The Gift happiness & joy Dec 09, 2024

When I was newly married to my first husband in 1997, he bought me a dishwasher for my birthday.  I was furious.  Yes, I was washing dishes by hand be...

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It's Time To Exercise...Your Brain! changing your focus Dec 02, 2024

Just as exercising your body, so is exercising your brain! Read on how exercising your brain can help fight depression, dementia, and allow you to lea...

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Beyond Gratitude happiness & joy Nov 25, 2024

Every Thanksgiving, I see a myriad of blogs and articles on Gratitude because many people think that the key to happiness is gratitude. And then, ther...

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When Your Neighbors ROCK! happiness & joy Nov 18, 2024

A few weeks ago, I wrote about my asshole neighbors and how my husband and I have been (and still are) the targets of a bullying and harassment

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How The Dark Arts of Hypnosis Influenced The Election changing your focus Nov 11, 2024

The election results are in...and while the majority of Americans who voted are delighted with the results, several million Americans are wondering, "...

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When Your Neighbors Are Total Assholes love & relationship Nov 04, 2024

After several disappointing events, Doug and I found ourselves in limbo.  Our condo wasn't large enough, and the 2nd floor became increasingly difficu...

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When The Holidays Become Hell-idays: Dealing With Deaths love & relationship Oct 28, 2024

Trigger warning: This blog post mentions suicide

My husband and I faced one of the most stressful weeks we've ever had in our marriage. We got throug...

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