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Category Archives: Personal Growth

Taking a Break from ‘Personal Development’

Poppies I’m so over personal development. Usually, I love learning how to amp up my life experience, but these days, I could care less about improving myself. I may have o.d.’d. Maybe it’s just a phase. There are so many books, empowering quotes, advice on how to live, how to act, how to think. Do…

Planning a Trip is Half the Fun

Positano, Italy Holy geez, would you look at this picture? I came home the other evening, tired from my usual late afternoon work session at Helios, to my new National Geographic Traveler.. and this photo was on the front. I was instantly revived. It’s Positano, Italy. Isn’t it beautiful? It’s where Diane Lane is whisked…

Independence is Overrated

Image by Meredith Farmer I’ve always prided myself in being ‘independent’. And I still do, but not in the way I thought. It’s true I like to do my own thing. The problem is… I’ve mistaken this for ‘independence’ when it’s really just slightly non conformist. I was telling a good friend the other day…