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Word of 2025: SPACE

By NataliePosted on January 1, 2025January 1, 2025
  • Habits & Goals

I like a little poetry in my word of the year. Something I can put into metaphor and stick into the last line of a […]

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In Conclusion: The Word of 2024 ONWARD

By NataliePosted on December 31, 2024December 31, 2024
  • Habits & Goals
  • Happiness

A year ago I wrote: “I don’t want to hide away. I don’t want to go backward. I want to go on. Onward.” I tear up […]

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New walking pad

By NataliePosted on October 15, 2024
  • Habits & Goals
  • Poetry

Fall colds from nowhere But I still walk for an hour In place at my desk With Love, Natalie

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Ten Years

By NataliePosted on August 1, 2024
  • Habits & Goals

I still remember what the office looked like the first time I walked in for an interview. Twenty-two and clueless and lucky. I had an […]

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A Reflective Workshop

By NataliePosted on June 5, 2024June 5, 2024
  • Habits & Goals

I led a short workshop tonight on behalf of the League of Women Voters. Though it was really a pet project of mine after I […]

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Rage Exercise

By NataliePosted on June 3, 2024June 3, 2024
  • Habits & Goals
  • Self-Care

My trauma-release somatic exercise course was less physical and more mental today. The ‘exercise’ was a journaling exercise to release anger, irritation, and frustration. I […]

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SHRM-SCP & SPHR

By NataliePosted on May 8, 2024May 8, 2024
  • Habits & Goals

It’s over team, we did it. I passed two senior professional certification exams this week: The SHRM-SCP (Society for Human Resource Management – Senior Certified […]

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Pass

By NataliePosted on May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
  • Habits & Goals
  • Poetry

I dropped to the floor after The drumbeat in my chest echoing from the crescendo Badum, badum, small words on a screen Pass I was […]

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Studying

By NataliePosted on May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
  • Habits & Goals
  • Poetry

Like a kid again Cramming for a big exam Too nervous to stop But stop — and rest now At some point, you either know […]

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Studying

By NataliePosted on April 30, 2024April 30, 2024
  • Habits & Goals
  • Poetry

I remember the Wager Act by wagging my finger “Not just Railway workers!” and so then private companies have the right to collective bargaining And […]

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