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against the odds- 40 day attempt

January 27, 2013by unpacktherat Leave a comment

Have you ever felt like you were ready to change, to start something to better you life but you felt restricted by people around you?  It’s like trying to change life […]

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change, freedom, goals, growth, meditation, spirit
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“atta girl”

January 16, 2013by unpacktherat Leave a comment

Self sabotage.   Ever hear of it?   It’s when we know better, and yet we continue to follow ideas, thoughts and actions that will not get us where we want to […]

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change, choice, goals, growth, learn, life
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?Question? box your stuff.

January 14, 2013by unpacktherat Leave a comment

Once a pack-rat always a pack-rat?  Could this be my fate? I am disgusted with all the crap in my new fixer-upper. Even after all this time of moaning and […]

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accomplishment, change, choice, clutter, fear, life
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I held hands with Stevie Wonder just when I needed to.

November 5, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

The other day, early while I was still in bed.   I got a text.  Yes, I am one of those idiots that sleeps with her iPhone.   A bad habit I […]

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art, change, create, soul, spirit
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To Do, Doing, Done

October 9, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

What a difference a year can make.  Last year at this time I was highly stressed over everything.  I was dreading the holidays, and looking for answers to my dysfunctional […]

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change, choice, doing, family, forgiveness, freedom, growth, lessons, spirit
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Assholes clutter a good life

August 9, 2012by unpacktherat 1 Comment

Do you know how many assholes clutter this world? Here’s the thing, we are supposed to take the high ground and let it go.  Let it be, etc, but you […]

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change, choice, clutter, learn, life, society
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Free from the grip

July 18, 2012by unpacktherat 3 Comments

This is basically how I feel and what I believe in a nut shell. Please watch and actually take a moment to see how materialism has shaped your life.  I […]

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accomplishment, change, choice, consumerism, economy, freedom, growth, habits, money, society, soul, Uncategorized
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mindtrash fall-out

July 17, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

I know I have been missing from this blog, I have been working super hard on our renovation Project 1923.  I have been without a kitchen and a real bed […]

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art, challenging, change, choice, storage, waste

I have never

April 12, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

It’s difficult to believe this but I have never sat in a coffee shop alone with my laptop. I have never gone to a library to read. I’ve only once […]

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change, choice, clutter, easy, exercise, soul, spirit, to-do

Waiting

April 11, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

Waiting is hard. Have you ever found yourself waiting and getting irate, grumpy or even snippy. It’s all a waste of your time life. You end up hurting those around […]

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change, choice, easy, growth, letting go, life, to-do

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"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves." ~ Mohandas Gandhi

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  • didn’t make it pass day 3
  • It (?)
  • Day 3
  • against the odds- 40 day attempt
  • Frightening
  • Clutter wasn’t holding me back.
  • I repeat.
  • I get it.
  • “atta girl”
  • ?Question? box your stuff.
  • Thirteen days of 2013
  • I held hands with Stevie Wonder just when I needed to.
  • Not buying into it
  • To Do, Doing, Done
  • I voted early
  • Out of the snail box
  • Assholes clutter a good life
  • learn from the sunflower
  • Free from the grip
  • mindtrash fall-out
  • Better today
  • I let myself down
  • I bought plastic
  • Just like starting over
  • Time has come
  • Help them now.
  • I have never
  • Waiting
  • Sale time, yet again

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