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As an innate people pleaser and empath, I don’t often say no. I tend to put everyone else’s needs and wants ahead of my own. I would say I am somewhat better than I was when I was younger. My chronic illness flares more often as I’ve gotten older. I also want to take better…
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My favorite weather is when it is around 75 and sunny out. It is the perfect weather for a mountain hike or a day by the pool or a trip around the lake in our friend’s boat. These kinds of days are what makes the long, cold winter worth it. In NC, it was always…
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How perfect it is that this prompt showed up today! It is our first winter back up north in 2 years and I have been STRUGGLING! My fibromyalgia has been absolutely terrible, but I have still gone to work every day and taken care of my house. Sometimes just breathing seems to take too much…
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My dream “home” is not a home in the traditional sense, though the full-time RV lifestyle is gaining popularity. I have always loved camping, traveling, and being in nature. Living in an RV fits the bill for all of these things. There is nothing I would love more than to sell most of my belongings…
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What do you complain about the most? Wow this prompt hit me hard. It made me realize just how much I actually complain – some days about every damned thing. This was an excellent reality check for me and I’m going to practice more mindful gratitude and try to retrain my brain. If a negative…
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Living a very long life could be good OR bad. I mean, who wouldn’t want to have a long life and experience a lot of things, however if you are ailing and aren’t able to enjoy that long life, then what’s the point? Right? Every day should be lived to the fullest and each moment…
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What are your favorite physical activities or exercises? My favorite physical activity is hiking. Theres just something about being outdoors and seeing views that makes the “exercise” seem like it isn’t a chore. Hiking can be incredibly challenging for me due to my physical limitations, but I do my best not to let these limitations…
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So, yeah, I have been a bit MIA lately. As some of you know, I moved over 800 miles back to New England about a month ago after a brief, 2-year stint in North Carolina. We are now in Manchester, New Hampshire. Before we moved to NC, we lived in Massachusetts. We have had a…
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Why choose when you can have both? Our favorite beach in the lakes and mountain region of New Hampshire is Ellacoya State Park in Gilford. It is on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire’s largest lake at over 21 miles long. For a nominal fee, you can park all day. There is a playground for the kids,…
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When I first heard a few months back that the U.S. Government was no longer going to make the penny I was like, okay, cool but are stores going to change their pricing structures to only have prices ending in 5’s or 0’s? So far, I haven’t seen any changes – everything still ends in…
