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The Only Thing That Really Matters Is Love
2018, apartment, bad idea, baggage, beloved, California, childhood, Christmas, common sense, compassion, concern, dead of winter, dopamine hit, event planner for end of days, family, gift, good idea, grace, healing, ice, Jefferson Airplane, Kindness keeps you young, letting go, life, Logic, Long Term Friends, love, Magnificent Disaster, mania, material goods, Meanness makes you old, mental health, Mid-West, Minnesota, Out of the Cage, Practical Magic, rent, retirement, Retirement She’s Come Undone 2018 Tour, Scion xB, Scotland, Scrabble, snow, The Committee, travel, trippy, vacations, White Rabbit, worn-out teddy bear, Worst Case Scenario, Wright BrothersWhen I retired and thought my destiny would be found in a tiny little town in Minnesota in the dead of winter, I reveled in the freedom of being able to tie a pretty little bow in what had become my past and move forward with all the energy and gusto of a professional deal…
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Waiting for Bliss – Practicing the Lost Art of Delayed Gratification
1983, 2023, Amos Bronson Alcott, bells of bliss, bliss, cast out, checking in, chemistry, Christmas, delayed, destiny, destroyed, Don Quixote, Fate, fire of empathy, fireworks, flames of compassion, Forever, good souls, gratification, guided tour, Hanukkah, impulsivity, Kwanzaa, lies, light, Nipsey Hussle, Non-Delusional, nostalgic, Oprah, random dude, rebuild, soulmate, thank you, The Plan, The Way, Thinking, truth, unloved, windmills, Winter Solstice“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.” -Amos Bronson Alcott I have long struggled with impulse control; that need for immediate gratification and instant reward the moment the task has been completed. I had thought of this as a personality trait and nothing more until recently. Someone…
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