New Essay on Small Victories

I’ve added an essay called Small Victories. Small victories are the little accomplishments in life that give us lots of joy if not very much recognition. Finding them is a skill I’m building.
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Lounge-Skill: The Exquisite Art of Lounging

Lounging can make you smarter. And that's just a side effect you pick up on the lounger's way to happiness.
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Pollution Starts at Home

Pollution start at home, and so must opposing it...
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Three Magical Questions to Get Started on Anything

I am a recovering perfectionist. These three innocent looking questions help get me started on any task...
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Creating a Home Office

Creating a home office is like making chow mein--the right way depends on who's eating and why...
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How I Dissolve Procrastination

There's no such thing as procrastination. I work from home as a freelancer, and I have my own development projects. With no one looking over my shoulder I have lots of opportunity to put things off. And I've taken the opportunities. Of course there is a bundle of habits and outcomes I experience that I label procrastination. But, for me, getting beyond procrastination has required taking a hard look at it, and I've found that I used to think about it as if it had a realness to it. It doesn't. It's not part of my personality or my body. It's only the pain I suffer when I succumb that makes it seem as real as a toothache...
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