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Wondering what to be when you grow up? Get some perspective.

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What do I want to be when I grow up? I’ve asked this question on the self-styled life before. And if you’re new here, read this, or this, or this, […]

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Inspiration, My Story, Parenthood

Mapping the Days of Some of History’s Greats

April 9, 2014by Jean Brown 2 Comments

While it seems many of us are taken with the idea of a sabbatical, we must still spend most of our lives in our “normal” life. So while we dream […]

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Inspiration, Life Hacks

The Adult Gap Year: Sabbatical

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A while back, I discussed the virtues of a gap year — a common practice in Europe in which students take a year off between high school and university to travel. […]

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Inspiration, Life Hacks, Travel

Don’t Let the Guilt Glitch Become a Guilt GULCH

February 12, 2014by Jean Brown 4 Comments

When you trip too hard on the guilt glitch, you might fall into the guilt gulch, which can swallow you right up and render you completely useless (really, it’s quite […]

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Inspiration, Life Hacks

The Ideal Self

April 18, 2012by Jean Brown 12 Comments

The Ideal Self is that perfect version of you you’ve always kept on a pedestal. It’s the image you want everyone else to see. It’s the mirror against which you […]

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Challenges, Inspiration

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