What’s to Celebrate? February, of Course!

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In this wintery month of February, what can you pause to celebrate?

Well, if you expected this to be another post about procrastination then you may be surprised to learn that, ironically, I’ve postponed it  – I’d forgotten about Valentine’s Day and couldn’t let the holiday go by without this wee bit of a hurrah. More on procrastination is ready to roll, just not today, nor tomorrow either.  Watch for it… and in the meantime, let’s celebrate February!

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

— Albert Camus

February’s upon us… and this 2010 version of the second month roared in with the winter madness of an El Nino year – we’ve endured blizzards, rainstorms, floods and mudslides, just to name a few of the weather challenges so far.  It’s been a cold, cold winter since the exuberance of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza and New Years Day.  Some (many?) among us are feeling the winter doldrums.  While we wait for spring to be sprung, we need something to Continue reading » What’s to Celebrate? February, of Course!

I’d Rather Be Talking

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Remember the bumper stickers that said, “I’d rather be shopping”?  Well, I’d rather be talking.  I’ve always been a natural talker.  I didn’t realize that I was such a character until I got the opportunity to be in the chorus of Wonderful Town my sophomore year of high school.  You need to understand that my only motivation for trying out was that there would be boys there.  I was attending an all-girls high school (do I really need to say Catholic?) and there were no boys on campus… except during the play.  Well, when the curtain went up on opening night all my parents could say was “You’re such a HAM!”  I didn’t even know what that meant.

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Starting Anew – Change Is In The Air

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This week’s posts offered you many options for making your days and weeks count – as we mosey toward autumn, we invite you to move forward with intention!

If the post on Worst Case Planning piqued your interest, here’s your chance to find out if you are a “defensive pessimist”.  Take the test and let us know your score.

www.wellesley.edu/Psychology/Norem/Quiz/quiz.html

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Cup o’ Inspiration

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Take a short break and consider the following:

“While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.”

Mattie Stepanek

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