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Growing Up

Navigating life…wisdom from the elders

May 23, 2017March 29, 2012 by Shay

I was an only child until I turned 8 years old and because of the gap in years between my brother and me, we often joke that we were functional onlies. By the time he reached an age I may have wanted to get to know him; I was already out of the house. As …

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Categories Growing Up, Midlife Changes, personal growth 1 Comment

Slacker…that’s me!

May 23, 2017January 26, 2012 by Shay

I am up writing early for me; then again last night my new best friend insomnia decided waking me up between 4-5am was no longer enough, I needed to be kept up all night. Never mind today is one of those days where I actually have a full day and evening of stuff to do …

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Categories Growing Up, Midlife Changes, personal growth Tags changes, life goals 2 Comments

You don’t always get what you want, it’s called adulthood!

May 23, 2017December 4, 2011 by Shay

You ever wake up and realize that for all the fun you get to have as an adult that sometimes being an adult, plain old sucks? The older I get, it’s started to set in that when making decisions you have to think not only short term but long term, that’s where I am now. …

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Categories Growing Up, Midlife Changes, personal growth, Random babble Tags decision making 4 Comments
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