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      • The Fortune Brothers
      • Return of the Black Stockings Society
      • It Happened One Wedding
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      • Dupree Sisters
      • The Wolff Brothers
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  • Just Some Thoughts,  Tuesday Tips

    What’s next?

    January 28, 2020 /

    Okay… Let’s take a peek into the future. Imagine that:

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  • Just Some Thoughts,  Tuesday Tips

    The joys of low expectations

    December 31, 2019 /

    “I expected to be further along than this.” “I expected to be smarter, richer, healthier by now.”

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  • Just Some Thoughts,  Tuesday Tips

    Dangerous Questions

    December 17, 2019 /

      As we come to the end of the year many people start to think about failed goals and forgotten resolutions. With that come some dangerous questions. For example, recently a friend failed to reach her weight loss goal. She asked me, “Why am I such a loser?”

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    What’s your proof?

    November 12, 2019 /

    What can you point to and claim as something you built?

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  • Just Some Thoughts,  Tuesday Tips

    Your GPA

    September 3, 2019 /

    As students head back to school I think about the GPA (grade point average). Many students base their entire self-worth on this number, which is another subject entirely. I want to focus on how it can be useful even when we’re out of school.

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