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Back in April I wrote a post Hopelessly Devoted to You, in it I wrote about being devoted to yourself–I’d like to continue the conversation, because it’s important, and because I like to repeat myself :). Question, how often do you say to your best friend, What an idiot! Why won’t you learn? Could you be…
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Who are you hopelessly devoted to? Child Lover Partner Parent Sibling Friend… What about yourself? Did that make you feel a little squeemy? (It’s a word.) A whole lot selfish, or maybe you think I’m selfish for even asking the question. Well let me tell you why I ask this; I was feeling lost in my…
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Have you ever noticed how, when you stop doing something good, like: writing, drawing, dancing, exercising, meditating, delivering a baby,* even if you start to want to do it again, your “this is so good for my soul” muscle says, “um… sorry, no.” *Of course I have to tell you the story of the interruption…
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Magic Beans: Everyone else thinks they’re crap and nothing happens until you plant them! I am the queen, nay empress, of handfuls of magic beans: hey, look at these beans, aren’t they cool? Not really. Oh. ~~~~Garbage hey, look at these beans, what should I do with these beans? You should set those beans aside…
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I wondered about my inability to write a blog post…okay, inability is wrong, I’ll do anything but write–paint the bathroom, rearrange my office (although, this might have actually helped me*), vacuum, wash the kitchen floor–my resistance to writing a blog post. Why was I actively avoiding it? I’ve read The War of Art, I’ve listened…
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Welcome to the first in a new series of I AM NOT AN EXPERT AT…I’m excited to share this, because, well, I am not at expert at most things (am I an expert on anything? Laughter, probably. Making people feel good, sometimes…) yet I want to do so many things! Play the guitar, sew a…
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I’m thinking about expectations. Other people’s for me, mine for other people and mine for myself. Sometimes I think I’ve made my expectations clear, only to be disappointed–is my disappointment someone else’s fault or my failure of clarity around my expectations? Yeah. The latter. Dang. No one can meet meet our expectations if we’re not…
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Have you ever thought to yourself, I need to change how I do things? Stop reacting to things, maybe have some preemptive things in place? Maybe, just maybe stop slogging through the day by rote. And then you thought about making some of those changes, maybe looking at self-help books or programs or friends and…
Amy Kennedy The Creative Crone 