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Let-Go

I get it.

January 18, 2013by unpacktherat Leave a comment

Today I am heading outside to work on a project that has nothing to do with “unpacking” any rat.   I have already spent an hour freezing my butt off at […]

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family, freedom, growth, lessons, moving on
The day I got my storage unit

Sale time, yet again

April 10, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

I am getting pretty good at organizing garage/house sales, and brother do I kill it with the signs. I use Craig’s list and signs on major intersections.  That’s it.  I […]

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accomplishment, choice, clutter, consumerism, donate, goals, memories, moving on, plans, sale, storage, waste
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For Real

April 6, 2012by unpacktherat 2 Comments

We bit the bullet, for real this time. We bought a house. This house we tried to buy before, maybe in February, but it got into multiple offers and we […]

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change, easy, growth, money, moving on, sale, to-do

Negative force

March 21, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

There’s something out there that wants to take me down.  I swear, I am doing all I can and bad sh*t keeps happening. This morning, I was on my way […]

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choice, easy, growth, habits, life, moving on, waste
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“Do you feel lucky?”

February 23, 2012by unpacktherat 2 Comments

It hasn’t been much more than a week and already I am breaking retracting the contract on our new house.  I was ready for the experience to live in the […]

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fear, learn, lessons, money, moving on, society, stress, visual
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Out of the Darkness

February 15, 2012by unpacktherat 7 Comments

The other day I looked at the clock and it said 5:30, but it was still light out. So of course I thought that my clock battery died. I didn’t […]

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change, choice, clutter, moving on
share

Share

January 12, 2012by unpacktherat 2 Comments

Today’s post is a “share.” I don’t know many of you well, but I do know human nature.  And I think I can say with utter certainty that life is […]

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choice, emotional, exercise, growth, learn, mental, moving on, soul, spirit
Nature and My Nature

Nature and My Nature

January 11, 2012by unpacktherat Leave a comment

The only thing I can count on is nature. I can count on it to do whatever the h%ll it wants when it wants, except for the bazillion things it […]

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emotional, goals, habits, mental, moving on, nature
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Personalized A.D.D.

December 21, 2011by unpacktherat Leave a comment

Nothing accomplished.  December has become another month to just make it through.  To handle all the crises that came our way and try to do it without total self destruction.  […]

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challenging, difficult, fear, growth, moving on, plans
Lost

Lost

December 3, 2011by unpacktherat Leave a comment

I think I have lost something. I’ve lost the ability to vividly day dream.   Many years ago I would visualize things, I didn’t realize I was doing this.  I did […]

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goals, learn, moving on

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