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Well, Butter My Butt and Call Me a Biscuit

Years ago, when we were visiting my sister in South Carolina, we came across a book of “country sayings,” and we still laugh about it to this day! Turns out there are a lot…

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  • Personality Insights, Quotes
  • Jan, 27, 2026
  • 54 Comments

Two Questions for Your Thursday (Inspired by James Clear)

Happy Thursday! Here are a few questions/thoughts I’ve been mulling over after a recent edition of James Clear’s newsletter.

A reader mentioned that she often feels overwhelmed because his newsletter always seems to leave…

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  • Personality Insights, Quotes, Reading
  • Jan, 22, 2026
  • 23 Comments

My Life As A Mango

Hi. My name is Elisabeth and I want everyone to be happy with me. All the time.

I want to be liked. I want to be understood. I want to avoid any and all…

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  • Hard Things, Mental Health, Quotes
  • Nov, 20, 2024
  • 67 Comments

My Year of Shmita: June Update

June!

What an odd month. The end of the school year and a month of transitions bookended by a week away from the fray (restful highlight), and an intensive week of my-child-has-pneumonia-solo-parenting (restful low point)!

*Here…

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  • Quotes, Sabbath, Year of Shmita
  • Jul, 18, 2024
  • 24 Comments

My Year of Shmita: May Update

If May was my only snapshot from within this “Year of Shmita” it would serve as a rather uninspiring picture. Progress seemed stagnant. Though, one could argue, how can I measure progress on a…

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  • Quotes, Sabbath, Year of Shmita
  • Jun, 24, 2024
  • 26 Comments

My Year of Shmita: April Update

Oh, April. I feel like the wheels fell off my pursuit of rest last month. Mostly it was an unsettled spirit, not necessarily a lack of physical downtime. I also felt decidedly hypocritical -…

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  • Quotes, Sabbath, Year of Shmita
  • May, 22, 2024
  • 30 Comments

My Year of Shmita: March Update

I’ll be the first to admit these posts are tedious to write (and, perhaps, to read). That said, I’m glad to have this record. Also, it forces me to spend a bit of a…

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  • Quotes, Sabbath, Year of Shmita
  • Apr, 15, 2024
  • 32 Comments
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