Category: growth
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A “New Me” Can Start Today
It’s almost the end of the year, which means that the New Year is on the horizon. It’s only a matter of time before the slogan, “New Year, New Me” is everywhere. Are you holding out for January 1 to make some changes? Have you decided that you’ll just keep binging on sugar or alcohol…
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Forty Things for Forty Years
I turned the big 4-0 recently, and, hear me out, I know I’m not old. Forty is the new thirty, right? But damn, I’m not young anymore either. I guess I feel somewhere in the middle – old enough to know things, young enough to still be figuring things out. I’ve been reflecting and thinking…
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Your 100% is not Always the Same
You know what? Your 100% effort won’t look the same tomorrow as it does today. It may even look different the day after that. One day, you will be able to give what some may call 50% effort, but if you are doing the best you can – so therefore it is your 100%. On…
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Growth is Not Linear
Growth is not linear. Let me say that again. Growth is not linear. It is messy. It is two steps forward, and one step back. It is trying and feeling like we’re failing. It is waking up early some days or staying up late on others. It is learning to work hard, but also learning…
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My Relationship with Food
Part of personal growth for me is learning to overcome unhealthy habits, and for me, that includes my relationship with food. I was sharing in a group recently the fact that I think I have a food addiction, and that I am working to overcome it. A woman and I spoke about it after the…
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Controlled Drinking Helped Me Find My Bottom
I wrote about recovering from alcoholism briefly in my first blog post, explaining how giving up drinking had launched me onto a path of personal development. The decision to quit drinking was an extremely difficult one, because alcohol was so much apart of my identity at twenty-five. But after I experimented with controlled drinking, it…
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Learning How to be Patient is a Process
When I was little, my nickname was Patience. No, I didn’t have any patience. Yes, my dad was being sarcastic. If patience is a virtue, well then, I guess that made me…unvirtuous? Even to this day, having patience is difficult for me sometimes. Like, why can’t everything happen right now when I want it to?…