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The Goal of Having No Goals
I just watched Leo Babauta and Tim Ferris duke it out over whether or not to have goals (Tim wants them, Leo doesn’t). You can watch the video embedded below. If I had to pick sides, I’d have to say it...
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S is for Smile
This entry is part 19 of 27 in the series A to ZIt can go one of two ways. With a smile, it’s usually going to go well. Another driver and I arrived at the merging lane at the same time. It wasn’t...
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Zaterdag Ochtend naar de Kapper
What habits do you have that your kids will remember you for? Careful, they will remember. Saturday morning to the hairdresser. We went to the hairdresser this morning. I go on a regular basis: at...
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Raising Kids Bilingual is a 24/7/365 Task
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Raising Bilingual KidsRaising kids bilingual is not only when you want to. It’s when you least want to that matters at least as much–if not more. The clock says...
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Don’t Procrastinate! Just Don’t Do It!
What do you dread even more than the top item on your To Do list? You have our To Do List, but then you have your No, I Really Need to Do These Things List. Following in the footsteps of Bad Blogging...
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He cannot read his tombstone when he’s dead.
My part cowboy, part German mother wrangles my part Dutch, part cowboy son into memorizing (half of) a cowboy poem on this sparkly Thanksgiving morning. Pick any day of the year and some friend dies...
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Stealing Time
Time isn’t free. It doesn’t just sit there for free at the all-you-can eat buffet. You have to earn it–or steal it. It’s Sunday. Traditionally known as a day of leisure. Some societies or cultures or...
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Annual Photo Album
It’s January 5 and I still haven’t put together the Summer 2013 photo album. The second half of 2013 is happily over and I’m ready to start on 2014. I spent the second half of 2013 not working on my...
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I need to sit in a cafe on a regular basis.
When are you supposed to do those things that you don’t do very often … if you don’t do them very often? You don’t regret it, you enjoy it, you say you’ll do it, but then … you don’t do it. So what...
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The Art of Mindful Living
What’s the difference between this and Carpe Diem? Is it living in the moment or for the moment? Is there a difference? Does it matter? I’m still not sure. I think this is about living in the moment...
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I Hope I’m Half the Person She is when I’m Old
My mother-in-law is one of those people you admire and hope to be like when you’re her age. Or anywhere near her age. Or even the age you are now. Post Pakket van Nederland She puts together these huge...
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All-Day, Silent, Mindfulness Meditation Retreat
16 people, 7 hours, 2 words and 1 mind I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the best part was that I didn’t expect anything. In other words, I didn’t have any expectations. I was also trying not to have...
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
It all starts with a simple raisin. I recently finished an 8-week (weekly) course on meditation. Meditation was one of those things that I had always wanted to do but it was just not high enough on...
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Are you a Freelancer or an Entrepreneur?
I thought I knew. Yeah, I knew, but it wasn’t what I thought. It’s OK, you can turn around. Do you ever read something or learn something and think you knew all about it, but realize that you didn’t...
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Force Yourself to Delegate
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Virtual AssistantEven if you want to do it, should do it, are ready to do it, don’t do it. Delegate it. Not always, but most of the time if you don’t have to do...
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I wish I could paint. This is what I would paint.
Last Day of Summer: Swimming in the lake, sunning on the rocks, soaking up the last day of summer. Imagine a woodblock painting. The lines are thick and deep in color and the figures and objects are...
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Steal a Moment of Creativity
Even a little burst of creativity can energize your day. Even if it’s just a dash, grab some. It’s a bit like a sprint or even a brisk walk. It can wake up your mind, your spirit, and even your body....
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I’m Dry at Night
One bed in particular isn’t terribly dry at night … at least by morning. Maybe this will help. Will hypnosis help with bed wetting? We’ve tried those medieval (torture!) buzzers, pull-ups through way...
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Momentum (Google Extension)
It doesn’t do much, which is exactly its beauty. I have a meeting with a business partner about every other week and to start off a meeting, he showed me the Momentum Google Extension. I said, “OK,...
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Want to arrive early? Leave early.
We actually did it. We left early. Trying to get a head start on new year’s resolutions … Don’t Be Late. It must sound so simple: just leave earlier. Well, ahem, it is simple to say, it’s just harder...
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