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How to deliberately make more space to design the next level
My car was stolen last Friday and I was in between vending spaces, so I had all kinds of goods in the trunk: all of my books, a few paintings, crystals, collected rocks and seashells, and more. Every time I’d remind myself that Universe makes no mistakes, something else would…
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Today’s prayer, meditation, and affirmation
This post will sound like I’m talking to you, but it’s Spirit talking through me. I went for a run this morning and got fed plenty of Godsay–right on time. Here’s the conversation: The prayer: I feel so overwhelmed. I got so much to do, and I don’t really wanna…
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Taking your book (and your body) off the backburner
Me and some sista-friends were talking last night about the relationship that food has with how we respond to certain environments. I brought up how I’ve recently started running again. I can’t run in the cold; I just can’t. God bless the body who can. So I’ve been indoors, indulging on…
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Demystifying the personal essay in 6 steps
I’ve been advocating personal essays and not even thinking that the word “essay” might be turning you off. It might remind you of school, which could either make you roll your eyes or scrunch your eyebrows together. English was my thing in school, but even I hated doing essays–for the…
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5 things I realized after going back to work
Once upon a time, long ago (more like eight years ago), I worked front desk at hotel located in the outskirts of Savannah. I worked there when the hotel first opened for almost a year and grew really close to the family who owns it. Fast forward: The owners were leaving the…