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Friday Flashback: When Hope Ends and Somehow Begins Again
Featuring Natasha Bedingfield — Soulmate There are songs that don’t just remind you of a time period. They remind you of who you were emotionally when you lived inside that season of life. Soulmate was that song for me. Around 2010, I listened to it constantly while an on-again, off-again relationship finally, definitively ended. And…
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Why ‘Vienna’ Encourages a Slower Pace in Life
There are songs that feel like they were written for adulthood, even if you first heard them much younger. “Vienna” is one of those. It waits for you. You don’t fully understand it at first, and then one day it quietly taps you on the shoulder and says, “You’re tired because you’ve been rushing.” Billy…
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Why I Shifted My Focus from Reselling to Downsizing
In late fall of 2016, I stumbled into the world of YouTube reseller videos. They were just starting to gain traction, and the creators behind them were quickly developing loyal, almost cult-like communities. Around the same time, a friend of mine was making decent money selling on eBay as a side hustle. As a stay-at-home…
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A New Season, A Fresh Direction
As the leaves begin to change and the air turns crisp, I’ve been reflecting on the direction of this blog and what will serve both me and my community best in the coming months. After much thought (and more than a few cups of coffee), I’ve decided to keep my focus on writing—through this blog,…
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Who is Joe Goalberg?
If you’ve never met him, Joe Goldberg is the disturbingly charming main character from Netflix’s YOU. Joe isn’t a role model—he’s a warning sign with great bone structure. He’s obsessive, strategic, and disturbingly focused. And while we don’t endorse any of his actual actions (no stalking, no murder, no glass cages please), his level of…
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Healing from Grief: A Personal Story of Loss and Hope
May 28, 2010. The date is etched into my bones. It was supposed to be a fresh start. I was closing the door—physically and emotionally—on an on-again, off-again five-year relationship. He was headed to Hawaii. I was packing up my life, bracing myself to begin again. There’s a strange kind of freedom that comes with…
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Handmade with Heart, Hustled with Grit: Why Today’s the Day to Go for Broke
Today is one of those serendipitous calendar moments where two very different national days collide—and somehow, they tell the same story. April 5th is National Handmade Day and National Go for Broke Day. At first glance, one celebrates craftsmanship and creativity, while the other honors bold risk-taking. But if you’re a maker, an artist, a…
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When Life Slaps You Like a Clown: Finding Illumination in the Unexpected
Life has a funny way of delivering its biggest lessons. Sometimes, they come gently, like a whisper in the wind. Other times, they hit you hard—like a clown slapping you in the face. You’re left standing there, stunned, dumbfounded, wondering What just happened? That’s the thing about illumination. It rarely arrives the way we expect.…
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When Horror Meets Holidays: Jason and Frosty’s Frosty Encounter
It was a cold, silent night in Crystal Lake. Snowflakes gently fell on the infamous campgrounds, blanketing the terror-soaked cabins in a layer of pure, untouched white. Jason Voorhees, the hulking, machete-wielding legend of horror, stood at the edge of the frozen lake, quietly sharpening his blade. It was his ritual—after all, even horror icons…
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