mindfulness
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See You In 50 Years
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Dear Me, Today marks the centenary of your birth, and I want to be with you on this special day. Surely you’ll be celebrating with your children, grandchildren, great‑grandchildren, friends, and loved ones.… Continue reading
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I Rather Stay Home
Where would you go on a shopping spree? Shopping sprees? No, thank you. I’ve never been the type to wait for a specific day of the year just to dive into impulsive shopping. I especially avoid doing so on days… Continue reading
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Choose Your Hard
What is the last thing you learned? I had always believed that being alone was a valid choice. Not building a home was just as valid as being in a relationship and starting a family. My wish to be alone… Continue reading
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Mind Your Own Business
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. There are questions that are uncomfortable no matter who asks them or under what circumstances. For example, if someone asks a man how much he weighs, it usually doesn’t bother… Continue reading
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You Grow With Every Failure
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Maintaining the right attitude is essential, because in life you never truly lose: you either win or you learn. What we often label as failure is, in… Continue reading
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Life, Death and Other Teachers
What experiences in life helped you grow the most? There are tough experiences in life that make us see things differently. They force us to change course and guide our steps toward better paths. A broken heart, bankruptcy, the life… Continue reading
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No Destiny, But Unfinished Business
Do you believe in fate/destiny? This is the same cliche question that generations have asked themselves since forever. Some people think that the events in our lives are already predetermined. They believe that our life is like a book someone… Continue reading
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Mirror
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? At 50 years old, I have no interest in being anyone else—living or dead, real or imaginary. When I first read this question, my immediate… Continue reading
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Impossible
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? Words exist to give names to things, whether they are good or bad. Some words exist in one language to describe something that, in… Continue reading
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Be Smart
What advice would you give to your teenage self? If I could go back in time and give some advice to my teenage self, I think it would be the next: Listen to your parents; they will always know what… Continue reading
