Day 21: Inauguration Special Before we begin, come take a short trip with me down memory lane. Back in 2001, when I was still “living” in Washington, D.C.–a place where people will invite you to boring dinner parties, bragging, “…and we’re expecting the Senator from Rhode Island!” Okay, I guess, whatever gets you through the…
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Day 20: Do It For The Right Reasons (As I’m writing this, The Kitten is curled up in a lovely, orange, sleeping, purring ball in one of my desk drawers…and I am so jealous! I’m trying to recite all the advantages of being human, but besides having a sense of humor and thumbs…hmm, still kind…
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Day 19: Get Over Yourself…Seriously. I know, the 19th was yesterday was but yesterday was a “helluva” day as Rick James used to say, so stop giving me that look before we have to step outside and finish this? Ya feel me? Okay, I’m a little grumpy. But today’s “hint” to get over yourself–and I…
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Day 18: Remind Yourself of What You Love About Yourself You people know me. Unless kittens are involved, I’m one of the least sentimental people you’ll meet. True story: my father took me to see E.T. in the theaters when I was a wee Yenta, and as the creature was being rescued from the black…
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Day 17: Happy Birthday, Anton Chekhov! “…and then go on to tell the story of how this young man drop by drop wrings the slave out of himself until, one fine morning, he awakes to feel that flowing in his veins is no longer the blood of a slave, but that of a complete human…
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Day 16: Make Do and Move On! Yes, indeed: you are extremely correct correct, I am posting Day 16 on Day 17. This is indeed super professional, but yesterday, Time Warner decided that my area of Queens could do without the series of tubes and wires which make up Al Gore’s Interwebs. It was spotty…
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Day 15: Worry Less, Do More! Contrary to popular belief, I do not have telepathic powers, nor the ability to divine the future. I know: I am also disappointed. Still coming to grips with my inability to control world history. I haz a grumpy. I state this because quite a few clients ask me, “Is…
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Day 14: Get Motivated for Monday with Muhammad Ali! “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” – Muhammad Ali That’s really what it’s all about, right? Choices: how bad do you want the change vs. how easy is it…
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Day 13: Don’t Worry About What Other People Think. Otherwise known as, don’t waste time trying to be cool. Because honestly all the cool kids are boring. Because if you’re worried about being cool, I guarantee that you’re not engaged in the messy, irritating, exhausting, wonderful, terrifying, liberating process that is changing your life and…
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Day 12: Don’t Censor Yourself Oh, I know, I know: you’re not angry, you’re just disappointed in me. Here it is, Saturday evening, you’re ready to get your drink/frolic/generalized bad behavior on…and instead, you’ve had to wait,with baited breath, for me to give you Day 12 of my 31Ways2GetItStarted™! I’ve let you down. Listen, times…
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