Navigating the tides.
Once again, I’m getting behind on recording for posterity those things that make me grateful to be alive and in the company of so many wonderful people. I know, I should have all day to get it down, shouldn’t I? Ah well. No time to start again like the present, eh? This week I am [...]
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It’s been a hard weekend. A hard beginning to this week. I’ve been putting off writing a Year of Gratitude post—writing anything really—because I’m having a hard time keeping an even keel, much less looking on the bright side, which is the whole point of the YOG post series. That’s why it’s far past due time [...]
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I know, I know, my “daily” Year of Gratitude entries seem to be coming fewer and further between. But please don’t think that because I’m not recording them here I’m not applying and fully enjoying the principle behind this whole exercise: To be more aware of and give thanks for the vast array of beautiful, miraculous, [...]
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Ooof, I’ve been away a long time, it seems. A whole week? How’d that happen? Actually, I can tell you very easily how it happened… there’s this peculiar aspect to blogging (for me) that holds me accountable. And when I start to get behind, I keep telling myself, “the next post will be a really good one [...]
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Welcome to Emilie’s Year of Gratitude Special “Holiday” Edition! Technically, the real Holiday is Presidents Day, but I’m going with Valentine’s Day. I hope everyone had a nice Sunday. Those of you whose day included pretty dresses, cards and flowers, dinners out, or chocolates and wine, and those of you who refused to bend to socio-commerical pressure and enjoyed [...]
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I think it may be no accident that friends inspired me to make this a Year of Gratitude. How lucky that I committed to be grateful for the multitude of life’s good things mere weeks before a big, life-shaking event like being laid off from my job. To be clear, I’m not saying I won’t [...]
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Today I am grateful for… 1) Febreeze and other odor-relieving agents. Don’t ask. 2) My doctor paying attention. When too many little things start to seem connected, it’s so reassuring to have been with the same doctor for 12 years. She asks questions and calls friends to get new ideas. (For the record, everything is [...]
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This is the WorkPlace version, for all the Office Cogs out there. Today I am grateful for: 1) Morning Routine. Sounds crazy, but I love the consistent start to each day in the WorkPlace. Computer on, “good mornings with TheBossLady, emails and post-its for daily tasks, and the first cuppa joe. This morning–like most mornings [...]
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Today I am grateful for: 1) Crazy girlfriends! At the *very* last minute (day-before, people!) A&T decided to make Vegas work! They bought tickets today, and they’re coming along tomorrow! Bette’s Saturday show is sold out at this point (except the ridiculously expensive seats) so they’ll go do something else for a couple hours, then [...]
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I’ve recently heard a lot of good news from my friends. This YOG is for you, peeps! 1) A new job after months “in between.” Hooray! It’s a tough market out there and it’s so wonderful to finally be The One Someone Needs. 2) A bathroom renovation project that turned out “Just Perfect.” Hooray! It [...]
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