Category: chekhov

Make Your Own Luck, Part II

Continuing on with our series (…saga?) about ways not to sabotage yourself, here’s a novel idea: When you say or do something stupid, apologize sincerely and move on.  I know, I’m crazy like that. Whoa, mama! I believe in taking responsibility when I say something stupid and apologizing. But apparently I am crazy like that,…
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March 28, 2013 0

31Ways2GetItStarted™!: January 19, 2013

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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January 20, 2013 0

Happy birthday, Ray Bradbury!

One of my dirtiest personal secrets is: I was a nerd. (Some of you are rolling you’re eyes like, “Was? As in, no longer? Huh.”) I was a total nerd; I was happiest being left alone, with my dog, Dynamite (Come on. I was eight when I named her.), reading. Voraciously, obsessively reading. Reading anything…
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August 24, 2011 0