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A Book is an Astonishing Thing

On November 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Quotes

“What an astonishing thing a book is.  It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles.  But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years.  Across the millennia, an author is [...]

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No Wind is the Right Wind

On April 5, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Quotes

When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

- Seneca the Younger

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I love this quote because it’s a great description of how I feel about every option I have right now career-wise.  I’ve never [...]

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Time is a Choice

On April 2, 2012 · 8 Comments · In Quotes

I love this quote that I read on swissmiss the other day:

Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. [...]

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2012 Calendar Shopping!

On January 3, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Organization, Product Reviews

What is the single most important purchase of every new year?  Calendars!  On an average day I use no fewer than 7 calendars* to keep myself organized and picking out new ones in 2012 can be a big task.  Some of the calendars are predetermined like my big desk blotter calendar at work and my [...]

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Rest is Not Idleness

On May 30, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Quotes

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. 

-John Lubbock

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