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“When you feel scared, hold someone’s hand and look into their eyes. And...”
– Amy Poehler’s Harvard Commencement Speech
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“You can’t do it alone. As you navigate through the rest of your life, be...”
– Amy Poehler’s sweetly hilarious Harvard Commencement speech
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“There is no such thing as a person whose real self you like every particle of. ...”
– an edited (by me) quote from Jonathan Franzen’s powerful, moving piece about love and pain in the NYT
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“Love anything that lives - a person, a pet, a plant - and it will die. Trust...”
– The Road Less Travelled
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Chat with my ashram roomie (& friend from NY),...
Me: Hey - time for evening satsang!*
Christine: Um ... I'm going to skip it.
Me: You haven't done anything the entire weekend!
Christine: I did 30 minutes of meditation yesterday morning.
Me: That doesn't count.
Christine: I ate every meal. That counts!
Me: You're an ashram deadbeat!
Christine: I'm doing stuff! Just not ashram stuff.
*satsung - meditation & chanting (lasts about 2 hours)
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“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert
Gone to the ashram ...
wish me luck.
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Help stop human trafficking by donating to my... →
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Today I had to reread the breakup post, to remind... →
Because most days, I honestly cannot remember.
All I can remember is how much I miss him.
Why is it that with the ending of a relationship, some people focus on its flaws, but others (me) focus on everything that was right together? I do this EVERY TIME. It seems like it would be easier to view a newly past relationship in a harsh light (maybe of reality, or maybe of pessimism), but I...
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Airbnb About To Launch Sublets As Service Is... →
THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
caro:
I can’t remember the last time I was this excited for an impending product feature. I have been a big fan of Airbnb since April 2009 (!) when I needed somewhere cheap and last-minute to stay in San Francisco the night after Social Web Foo Camp. (I also used it earlier this month to book this cottage, which was amazing.)
Sublets are a tricky business, and one that...
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YAY!!!!!! Chicago's first same sex weddings! I... →
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Yeah, I felt like this at 27, too. →
“But what I want to know is not how to find a mate, but how to be single” asks the 27-year-old author of this Salon piece.
I thought the same. exact. thing. when I was her age. I don’t want to say I was an idiot, because everyone has to evolve at their own pace, but “wanting to be single” (as a woman) when you’re 25, 26, 27, 28 … well, that’s not...
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