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Tag Archives: lessons
Decisions and Consequences
The book Boundaries talks a lot about consequences. One of the points it makes that has stuck with me for several years now is that when you prevent someone from receiving their natural consequences, those consequences instead fall onto you. … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged boundaries, consequences, decisions, Decisions and Consequences, dog, lessons, responsibility, Sawyer
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What I Learned From Sawyer
Sawyer was my best friend ever and the best dog I could have asked for. I learned a lot from him over the 11 years we spent together. It would take at least one book to include them all (a … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged best friend, dog, family, friend, friends, friendship, kindness, lessons, life lessons, love, Presence, Sawyer, What I Learned From Sawyer, wisdom
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What My Hobbies Have Taught Me
I’ve learned a lot from my various hobbies. Until recently, though, I didn’t realize exactly how much I’ve gotten out of them. Here are some of the lessons my hobbies have taught me. Juggling has shown me a better way … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged hobbies, juggling, learning, lessons, life lessons, rola bola, Rubik's Cube, swing dancing, teaching, unicycling, What My Hobbies Have Taught Me
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Gentle Lessons
Every so often, I get opportunities to dig deep and work on things within myself without too much pain. I call these opportunities “gentle lessons”. Here are a few relatively recent examples. The first example concerns my dog, Sawyer. He … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged dog, dogs, emotions, Gentle Lessons, growth, healing, inner work, lessons, pain, personal growth, Sawyer
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The Garden of Life
Sometimes I have to hear a lesson several times before I start putting it into practice. I’ve come to think of this process as akin to gardening. Hearing the lesson once plants the seed. Hearing it several more times adds … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged growth, learning, lessons, pain, personal growth, The Garden of Life
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Half a Week with Impostor Syndrome
I had an exchange recently that made me question everything about my journey and where I’m going. It gave me a case of impostor syndrome that stayed with me for about half a week before finally dissipating. Even though I … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Half a Week with Impostor Syndrome, impostor syndrome, lessons, People Pleasing, socializing
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When Everything Starts to Make Sense
There comes a time when your perspective shifts, everything starts to make sense, and you begin to understand why things happened the way they did. You look back at painful moments and see the lessons you learned from them. You … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged compassion, lessons, life mission, perspective shift, purpose, realizations, understanding, When Everything Starts to Make Sense
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Accepting My Past Self
When I think about things in my life that I either regret doing or wish I had done, I tend to be quite hard on myself. I often think (and sometimes even say) that I used to be a terrible … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Accepting My Past Self, consequences, doing my best, lessons, progress, self-acceptance
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Tribute to Mister Rogers
Have you ever heard of Fred Rogers? You probably have, although you might know him better by the title of “Mister Rogers”, which he used on the show he hosted for over thirty years. I look up to Mister Rogers … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People
Tagged Fred Rogers, friendship, humility, kindness, learning, lessons, love, Mister Rogers, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, neighbor, respect, role model, teaching, television, TV
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