Our Minds

Reinventing The Wheel

04.23.2012

This message, my subconscious, spoke to me so clearly I could hardly get through the words without crying. ‘Go. Get off this hamster wheel. Go get some fresh air, a new outlook on life. Go get some exercise, refresh your career, re-charge your spirit. Take time to re-focus. You need some fresh air and some clean water.’

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Embracing Ourselves at Fifty

04.20.2012

It’s so easy, here at middle age, to begin to pine for our youth, to have regrets, to think we missed the mark, to beat up on our younger selves.

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Devolution of my state of mind

04.03.2012

Thursday PM:  Got back from New York this evening.  It was a good trip.  Had fun with friends and relatives–well, some of them.  Saw a Broadway play.  Met In Real Life two editors I’ve only known via the Internet.  Hatched a plan to start a new blog.  Bought the domain name.   Made notes about [...]

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Minding Mother Nature

02.20.2012

by John Ptacek of  On Second Thought When you go to a movie, you willingly suspend your beliefs for an hour or two. I’m only asking you to suspend them for a few minutes. This has to do with your happiness, so do pay attention. You don’t exist. At least not in the way you [...]

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: Employing the Proust Phenomenon

02.15.2012

And as soon as I dried my hands, I was knocked over by an overwhelming urge–to bury my nose in them. The smell, the familiar smell provoked such a strong and positive response that it shocked me

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I Was a MidLife Runaway

02.03.2012

My plan was to write about my life, or write a book, or accidentally be discovered by someone connected to Oprah.

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Unveiling the Mind of a Hoarder-in-the-Making

01.12.2012

I come from a family of pat rats. Okay, let’s call it what we might: hoarders-in-the-making.

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The MidLife Virgin Deconstructs a Resolution

01.05.2012

Ed. Note: I just spent ages–ages, I tell you–writing a post deconstructing one of my New Year’s resolutions.  And it disappeared.  Not all of it, but the best parts.  So until I can resuscitate it–tomorrow, maybe–here’s is the MidLife Virgin’s response to yesterday’s Writers Workshop prompt: . “Last year, my resolution was to work on [...]

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Resolutions for 2012

01.01.2012

To pull off the best ever–and the first!–MidLifeBloggers Conference in 2012!

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New Year’s Eve

12.29.2011

I do or don’t watch TV or a movie. I do or don’t stay up till midnight. I am or am not alone.

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