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December 2024

One Easy Question for Happy Reflection
A simple question for finding the gold in your year and in your life. Plus, the Top Five Posts from 2024.
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Ordinary Outside, Extraordinary Inside
You don't need more figurative paint or a fancy facade: Lessons from the Alhambra and a stripped-down chair.
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"Are You Doing This for Me, or for You?"
The birthday dinner scavenger hunt, the pure generosity of kids, and the gifts we all really want—belief, understanding, being seen for who we are.
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SFTR: Crossing Actual vs. Imaginary Bridges
The substance of life comes through improvising our way through the unanticipatable scenarios—good and hard—we all face in an interesting life.
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Three People Working Outside the Box: Part 1
What do a liquor distributor, a pizza store manager, and a tour guide in colonial garb have in common? Interesting jobs and good attitudes to start, but…
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November 2024

When Holidays Look Different Than They Used To
Sometimes things looking different than how we want them to look provides the impetus we need to create something pretty epic and new, or appreciate why…
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Why Travel When It’s Cold
Or, the case for traveling without luxury. If I look cold in nearly every picture, it's because I was.
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The Ripple Effect: How Employees—and Companies—Win When Employees Have Financial Breathing Room
Financial and personal autonomy is an obvious win for people with plans for their life. But it's also good for the companies who currently employ them.
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Vignettes From the Human Experience: Relationships, the Goat, and "Being Active for Yourself"
A thoughtful question, tolerating asymmetry in early relationships, and even in the 1800s it didn't suit some to work for someone else
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October 2024

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