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Yes, this is the title of a great book by Tip O’Neill. My uncle actually got me the book as a high school graduation gift waaaay back in the early aughts (oh the early 2000s…How is it that you were so long ago already?!). I read through the book at a lightning pace; it was…
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February is here, and that means it is time for another EQ Strategy. The next three months, I will be focusing on Social Awareness. Social awareness is “a skill…use[d] to recognize and understand the moods of other individuals and entire groups of people,” (Emotional Intelligence 2.0). It allows you to look to others and recognize…
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Up here in the Northwoods, winter is in full swing. We’ve had snow on the ground since Thanksgiving, and it doesn’t look like we will be losing it any time soon. I finally picked up a sled for Little Man from WalMart last week, and I took him on a long walk with it. He…
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Now, who doesn’t love a good conspiracy theory? I mean, we’ve all heard about the shooter on the hill from JFK, right? Related to him, I recently heard a theory that Sirhan Sirhan did not kill RFK. Mind. Blown. Want to go down a super wacky rabbit hole? Google Flat Earth and see what people…
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No, I’m not talking about “safe spaces,” a la college campuses. No, safe space for me is where I am comfortable at, and I can let my feelings be known without fear of repercussion or reprisal. If you’re following my FaceBook or MeWe pages, you by now have noticed that I’m sharing a daily devotion…
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We are expecting a MAJOR snowstorm to hit tomorrow night through Saturday, so this morning I ran into town while Granma, Granpa, and Squatch looked after Little Man. It was so refreshing to get out and about on my own without the little guy; I have not done anything solo since I was back in…
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This past week has been exhausting. I had grand plans to kick out a second blog post last week, but Little Man was extra clingy, and napped on top of me, so I was just not able to get my “me-time” and write anything. I cannot believe he is going to be 20 months old…
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With the new year, new decade, etc., comes a lot of “new.” For me, there is a new chapter in my sorority life, as I embark on the second chapter in my advising career. I spent 6 years advising the chapter of my sorority that was in Chicago, and stepped back shortly after I had…
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January means a new month, a new year, a new decade. Wow, what a lot of new! It also means a new emotional intelligence strategy to work on. This is the final month of my focus on Self Awareness, and I have to say, this strategy, I’ve really been feeling ever since I started on…
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This time of year everyone always stops and looks back at the past year: what happened in their lives, what went right, what went wrong, what do they want to change, etc. My question is, why is it that most do this only at the end of each year? Should we all be doing this…
Thoughts From The Loo 