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100 Days of No Excuses
It's been 100 days since I had a drink. Here's how I got there. (And what I've gained from abstaining.)
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Stacy Morrison
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What Are We Supposed to Do with Ambition?
I've been trying to live the proverbial "simple life" for a dozen years, and I'm closer than I've ever been, but that little voice inside me still isn't…
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Regrets, I have a few...
But generally, I don't actually believe in regrets. How can we dare to reconsider how we become who we are?
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Now I Have Proof
"Why don't you write anymore?" At last, a clear answer to the question.
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Change — Still Surprising Me After All These Years
Surely all of us would know, after living life for a few decades, that change happens unbidden. But turns out, we don't embrace uncertainty, ever.
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I Totally Missed Summer this Year
Not complaining, just observing. Because observing is the only way to actually slow down and live time, turns out.
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New year, new.... what?
(Though really, 2021 was a year full of gangbusters change, to be honest.)
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My Plan is to Welcome More Ease
A very short (turns out: not so short) note about a very gentle commitment I'm making
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I Will Spend the Rest of My Life Learning This One Thing
And it isn't how to floss correctly — though lord knows I'm still working on that.
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Floating on a Moment
It's always been my work — professionally, personally — to make a story out of things. But there is freedom in letting go of the through line.
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Seeing Myself Gently
Therapy was never what held me together, but I also never thought I'd leave it
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The Eternal Sunshine of a Jobless Mind
Making work work when you are a woman over 50
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