From the monthly archives:

July 2011

Happy Vegetarian Anniversary to Me!

July 21, 2011
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I have enjoyed Pat’s cheese steaks, Shake Shack’s Shackburgers, and some of the best meat and poultry – without thinking twice about the food I was putting into my mouth. I have always had vegetarian friends and never quite understood why they would choose to abstain from meat. Now, I’m celebrating my one-year veggie-versary.

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The Age When We Are Most Ourselves

July 15, 2011
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I’ve often heard that I won’t become the person I’m “supposed” to be until I’m 30. Does it mean that from age 30 forward I won’t change very much? Does it mean that I will finally then have a complete understanding of myself? Furthermore, how could anyone put so much emphasis on age, which is just a number we use as a point of reference?

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Choosing Between Calm and Creative

July 8, 2011
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I wake up every morning with one goal above all others: to live the day with a sense of calm. I prize feeling calm over feeling happy. Calm is my happiness. However, remaining calm sometimes keeps me from achieving another state of mind: the creative state. Creativity is born from chaos and uncertainty.

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When I Feel Most Like Myself

July 1, 2011
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Writers are constantly asking themselves, Is my writing good enough? and What is the point of writing this? Very rarely do we believe that we are good enough and very rarely do we believe that our writing has purpose. However, two shining moments make the effort very much worth our time and energy.

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