I guess Leap Day is the perfect day to confess I am not a big fan of leaping. Left to my own devices, I’m a cautious Cancer the Crab who scuttles at and away from things sideways. So cautious, in fact, that I carry my home with me wherever I go so I can quickly [...]
February 2012
There’s no do-over when it comes to life. You only get one chance to do it right. I don’t believe there’s anything worse than coming to the end of your life and realizing you’ve blown it. You haven’t created the life you dreamed about. You haven’t become the person you wanted to be. And now [...]
Bring on the balloons! Strike up the band! Set off the fireworks! It’s a celebration! Star Polisher the business opens its doors today! Overweight women rejoice! Star Polisher is your community, your place. It’s all about and for you. It’s Your Place to Visit When – You want to stop letting a number on a scale tell [...]
Ten years ago, the therapist at the treatment center revealed the secret to weight loss to me, but I didn’t get it. I wasn’t ready to really hear her wisdom, take it in, and act on it. So I kept eating, and I kept gaining weight. Everything I did to lose weight didn’t work – [...]
After dinner last night, I made a run to the drugstore and was surprised to see the store bustling with people. Actually, it was bustling with men – all of them milling around the picked-over Valentine’s Day cards and stuffed animal displays. To a man, they had the worried, shell-shocked look of the battle-scarred, last-minute [...]
Categories Carol's Musings, Personal Empowerment
Sometimes ignoring a minor irritation doesn’t make it go away. In fact, it gets even more irritating. And then downright annoying. And then a pain in the butt. And then worse. Well, I just took care of one of those irritations, and I feel like I busted out of prison. Like I removed shackles that [...]
Categories Personal Empowerment, Self Care, Stress Management
(This is a frivolous blog post. If you have zero time, don’t read it. You won’t miss a darned thing. But if you want a little bit of entertainment, then go ahead and read it. Better yet, skip down to the link at the end of the post and click on it. Just a little [...]
Categories Carol's Musings
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