The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • Simple tricks to stop overeating

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    Specifically, the headline on the cover of the thin magazine/leaflet reads: “Stop Overeating. Three simple tricks.” Inside the Weight Watcher Weekly for June 19-25, I fiound these tricks: At home, serve measured portions on the plate instead of serving family style. At a restaurant, order two appetizers. And, when you visit a friend, wear your…

  • The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted

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    Who could resist buying a book titled The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted? I couldn’t. I bought it even though I had stood in Border’s and read the entire 11-page short story with the same title in Elizabeth Berg’s book. Do you identify with a woman who walks out of a Weight Watcher meeting…

  • Are you creative, sensitive and intelligent?

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    Of course, you are! And that’s why you procrastinate, says David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. I was listening to an abridged, audio version of Allen’s book this morning while I was walking my dog Ginger, and I was relieved to learn that I must be creative, sensitive and…

  • Write your own advice

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    We just bought another book about clutter. It’s called Clutter Rehab—101 Tips and Tricks to Become an Organization Junkie and Love It!. Laura Wittmann, the author, makes a lot of good suggestions—101 of them, of course. Many of them seem like common sense or are tips we’ve heard before: Do not keep more than three…

  • Making a decision

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    Making changes is never easy—no matter if you’re trying to eat healthy, stop smoking or begin looking for a new job. The first difficult step, however, is the same for achieving most goals. You have to make a decision. My husband Tom and I recently decided to give up our evening cocktail. We still have…

  • Are you an optimist?

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    Tali Sharot, author of a new book called The Optimism Bias, thinks you probably are an optimist. In a recent article in Time magazine, Sharot points out that 10 percent of Americans expect to live to 100 when , in reality, only .02 percent will live that long. Also, 93 percent of people surveyed believed…

  • Add a little clutter to your life

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    My friend Patti liked the recent blog post I wrote about Roberta and how she collected a very large clutter of friends. “That article reminded me of my mom—who also had a large clutter of friends,” she wrote to me. Patti added some advice that we all should take: “Declutter  your home of things and…

  • A nudge from a friend

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    I recently spent almost four hours at a restaurant  having dinner and a lively conversation with my friend Patti. We didn’t solve all of the world’s problems, but I did get a nudge in the right direction from Patti on one of my own issues. Patti has been successful in getting rid of clutter by…

  • A little advice from Oletta Jones

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    I mentioned in an earlier blog post how much I was enjoying reading Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman. CeeCee Honeycutt is 12-years-old when her mother, who has been mentally ill for years, dies. Fortunately, CeeCee’s great-aunt Tootie Caldwell rescues her and takes her to a Southern mansion in Savannah—“a perfumed world of prosperity and…

  • Add some happiness to your to-do list

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    I recently had a lot of excitement in my home office. The same day that my 21-year-old son Jay got an unexpected afternoon off from his summer job, my good friend Everett, age three,  came to visit. Everett, who usually travels with a baseball bat and ball, a football or a basketball, came equipped with…