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Use. The. Clutch.: July 2013
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Use The. Clutch. Friday, July 12, 2013. On living a life of abundance. Last night, for the first time, I cried during yoga. Shelly's end-of-class mantra always includes the words, "Keep smiling! She lives in a world of smiles and joy and abundance. I don't know her that well, but what I do know is that she finds the good in things. When Boston and Newtown happened, she took it as an opportunity to encourage us to put light and love into the world. That's just the kind of person she is. And I'm outta here!
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Use. The. Clutch.: On punching the clock....
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Use The. Clutch. Monday, January 13, 2014. On punching the clock. Since the middle of August, I've been completely without schedule. For as long as I can remember, I've lived life in fifteen minute increments. It's easy for me to keep a schedule and, generally speaking, stay on task. Without this strict schedule, I tend to lose focus. I haven't written nearly as much as I'd have liked to. Nor have I read as much as I'd have preferred. Yoga and run training are haphazard at best. Posted by Micah Dielle.
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Use. The. Clutch.: February 2013
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Use The. Clutch. Wednesday, February 13, 2013. On the first signs of love. So I'm reading this book right now, Captivating. But a conversation I had last night is what's really sparking this post. And since we're less than twenty-four hours from Valentines Day (a day I have come to love and appreciate), this one is about romance. And isn't that what true love is? Isn't the act of loving someone supposed to be pure and simple? If you enjoyed this post,. Or subscribe (below) to receive updates. Or the fact...
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Use. The. Clutch.: August 2014
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Use The. Clutch. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. On discovering the former happy. Reading The Happiness Project. Is really making me consider the things that actually make me happy. I feel like I've been bored and really boring lately. I don't do a lot of interesting things most days. So the idea was posed in the book to think about the things that made me happy as a child.those things probably still make me happy. Eating really good food at really good restaurants. Learning about and making vintage cocktails.
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Use. The. Clutch.: June 2013
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Use The. Clutch. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. But my life is taking a much different route than I ever thought it would. So it's time to put my thinking cap on and find new and interesting ways to occupy my time while I'm unemployed during my first few months on the East Coast. So far, I've come up with the following activities:. 1 Train for my first marathon. 2 Find a yoga studio and keep my practice going. 3 Learn to cook and bake new things. 4 Start writing again, in earnest. Perfect my green chili.
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Use. The. Clutch.: On eating my feelings....
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Use The. Clutch. Wednesday, January 15, 2014. On eating my feelings. Now that I no longer have a 9-to-5 (something I do actually miss from time to time), I've taken quite a liking to cooking. There's always a new recipe I want to try and old favorites I fall back on. Yesterday was an "old favorite" day: pulled pork tacos. But it definitely didn't go as planned. Additionally, this cut weighed in at over three pounds. Now, had it been all meat (as I'd hoped I'd purchased), the shredded pork would have ...
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Use. The. Clutch.: November 2013
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Use The. Clutch. Wednesday, November 20, 2013. On turning into a mental zombie. I remember a time in my life when writing was all I could think about. I like to call this period:. Granted, my degree is in writing and editing, so the central focus of my entire undergraduate career revolved around writing. But, oh, the interesting things I got to write about! I remember when writing for a magazine consumed me and was my ultimate goal. Specifically, I wanted to write for Vanity Fair. Or The New Yorker.
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Use. The. Clutch.: April 2013
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Use The. Clutch. Monday, April 22, 2013. Tattoos are kind of hilarious to me. I'm often perplexed at how emotionally violent people can get about either their love of or hatred of them. I've seen people get oddly judgemental toward people who have them; but I've seen the flip-side, too. I've seen people with tattoos get oddly preachy about the reasons they have theirs.as if one group could convince the other to change their minds. As if it matters. Posted by Micah Dielle. 0 comments and other delights.
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Use. The. Clutch.: On getting very naked....
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Use The. Clutch. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. On getting very naked. Is there some weird chance the perfectionism could be labeled an "addiction"? But when it's something that's inside my head, it's harder for me to want to deal with it. I can hide it, I can ignore it, and I can give in to it. Worse yet is the feeling that not only have I disappointed another person, but that I've disappointed myself. What I really don't want is for my future children to confuse perfection with love. I've done that b...
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Use. The. Clutch.: On balancing on the edge of alone....
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Use The. Clutch. Thursday, July 24, 2014. On balancing on the edge of alone. Almost a year ago to the date, I started doing yoga. And then I fell in love with an instructor. So I’m stuck in this pose and something is making it more uncomfortable that it should have been. It was my (new) wedding ring. So, in an oddly symbolic move that I didn’t recognize until much later in the day, I took my ring off and slid it underneath my mat (so my crazy dog wouldn’t accidentally swallow it). I. Actually doing it pe...
