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Daily Dose of Dopamine

We think successful people are happy, but it’s happy people who are successful. An HBR article popped up in my Google feed last night about happiness, and that one-sentence summary was the basic thrust of it. (I can’t for the life of me find that same article again.) Happiness releases dopamine which leads to successful…

3 Easy and Ultra Useful Blogger Tools to Take Your Blog to the Next Level

So you’ve got a blog. Or you’re thinking about “doing something” with your company’s barely-touched business blog. Or maybe it’s a passion-project blog, where you write blog content about issues you’re really passionate about – like politics, fly fishing lures, or your favorite Alice and Ames brand dresses. Whatever you’re blogging about, odds are you…

I just realized I lost our Elf on the Shelf Harry (True Sentence 24)

I tripped over the book about Elf on the Shelf (Harry’s origin story) this morning. I was picking up Henry’s bedroom. The kids are fascinated with the elf. Too bad I just realized that I lost it. I put it someplace so safe that even I can’t find it. At least I have a couple…

I’m Wearing a Dress 100 Days in a Row

Trying to be more sustainable and push myself, I’m doing the 100 day dress challenge. Every day for 100 days straight I’m going to wear the same Wool& brand wool dress. I’ve started talking about trying to consume fashion a little more sustainably in my other blog House of Henmar. The challenge is about encouraging…

“That’s Illegal! You’re Illegal!”

True Sentence No. 21: To the woman who screamed at me “That’s illegal! You’re illegal!” because you thought I was deliberately not-stopping for you and your young son at a crosswalk (we misunderstood each other’s intentions; I thought you were deliberately waiting because I teach my kids we wait for the cars to pass at crosswalks):…

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