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About two weeks ago, I made an appointment to treat myself to a massage. It was scheduled for yesterday. I must have discerned somehow that I was going to need it because the subsequent fortnight was overwhelmingly busy. With the...
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The more I reflect about happiness, and what factors contribute to or detract from my happiness, the more I’m convinced that getting enough sleep is absolutely crucial. It’s so tempting to stay up late: the time between my older daughter’s...
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As my husband and I ready ourselves for our new addition next month, we’ve started to investigate one of our future household necessities: diapers. Namely, where to buy them cheaply. At our local Manhattan grocery store, diapers are sold in...
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I've read about this in a few places over the last few days (originally reported here) but I am still just fascinated by it. Apparently, blowing your nose when you're stuffed up isn't all that advisable. Here's why: Turns out,...
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As I do every year, I recently sent out a big batch of Valentine’s cards to our family and friends. (I do this instead of sending holiday cards in December, when everything is so hectic.) As I was starting to...
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I live in Manhattan, so it's a safe bet that I'm not going to own property anytime soon. (Unless I start playing the lottery. You know, successfully.) But if you’ve taken the first-time homeowner plunge since the first of the...
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A few months ago I'd posted a bit of a rant against people who take care of certain, um, personal grooming habits in public. (I'd just returned from a trip overseas and spent way too many minutes listening to the...
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Several years ago, on a trip to Paris, I was pick pocketed on a crowded metro train. In a flash, every credit card I owned was gone. Luckily I’m anal about that kind of thing, and I’d stashed photocopies of...
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In his Autobiography , Benjamin Franklin explains how he designed a Virtues Chart to track his progress on thirteen moral virtues, and this example was a big inspiration for me when I designed my own Resolutions Chart. Looking at Franklin's...
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