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Don’t outrun the wind

By NataliePosted on August 18, 2019
  • Poetry

It clicks and pounds and it comes out stunted Stunted, stunted Then too much, too fast, at once Slow down I can barely capture you […]

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It Only Takes A Day

By NataliePosted on August 17, 2019January 1, 2020
  • Habits & Goals
  • Happiness

Sometimes a reset takes years. It takes months of the same cycle and breaking it and syncing in again and small steps up and up […]

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The Procrastination Advantage

By NataliePosted on August 16, 2019January 1, 2020
  • Habits & Goals
  • Happiness

There’s a spectrum of preparedness and procrastination where I fall somewhere in the middle . . . okay, leaning a little towards the latter. I […]

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An Impulse Decision

By NataliePosted on August 15, 2019
  • Happiness

I made an impulse decision yesterday. I’m going to blame rereading The Raven Cycle. Or maybe it was just that I looked out at the […]

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Chop Wood

By NataliePosted on August 14, 2019January 1, 2020
  • Habits & Goals
  • Happiness

I pulled a card yesterday from the Wisdom of the Oracle deck, divination cards gifted to me from my friend Jenna for my last birthday. […]

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Writing Update: Some Math

By NataliePosted on August 13, 2019
  • Writing

As I start putting big writing blocks on my calendar over the next couple of weekends, and a longer one on weeknights, I feel both […]

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That Book Advice Again

By NataliePosted on August 12, 2019
  • Books
  • Happiness

I wrote earlier this year about Gretchen Rubin’s advice: stop reading bad books. When a book doesn’t capture you, it slows all your reading down. […]

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That Little Pinch of Salt

By NataliePosted on August 11, 2019
  • Happiness

“Playing is like that little pinch of salt in baguettes, it makes life tastier. “ Or so says Tom Dupain, father of my favorite Parisian […]

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Runner’s Thoughts

By NataliePosted on August 10, 2019
  • Happiness

A brief and non-exhaustive narrative of what I think about when I run, specifically this morning: Focused on my audiobook, Real Queer America – an […]

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Water Balloons & Super Hero Puppets

By NataliePosted on August 9, 2019
  • Happiness

One thing I love about my job is being able to help organize Give Back events. This morning we volunteered with SAFE Austin, a women’s […]

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