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Read more: Do our possessions possess us?I just finished reading Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale, a delightful, funny and sad book by Lynda Rutledge. As the summary on the back…
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Read more: Remember the larger rewardWhen I go off my diet and eat two donuts for breakfast, I’m performing “temporal discounting.” Temporal discounting is the tendency to prefer a smaller…
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Read more: Done any “hedonic eating” recently?When I finished my holiday dinner and felt really full, but I went ahead and ate a big piece of pecan pie with whipping cream…
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Read more: Back to the regular routineHolidays are wonderful—or mostly wonderful, but it’s good, too, to return to the regular routine. I’m looking forward to whatever happens during the new year.…
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Read more: Our New Year’s dietWe always make a New Year’s resolution to eat healthier. After the holidays is a good time to stock up on fruits and vegetables. As…
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Read more: Resolve to be happyWe’re going to follow Helen Keller’s advice and resolve to be happy during 2014. “Your success and happiness lies in you,” Helen Keller said. “Resolve…
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Read more: Be resolute with your resolutionsIt was anonymous who said: “A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.” You don’t have to make…
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Read more: The best day of the yearI’m feeling a little too full, a little tired, a little depressed after Christmas is over. But I’m keeping in mind a quote from Ralph…
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Read more: How to keep ChristmasWouldn’t it be great if we could keep our Christmas spirit all year long? Here’s some advice on how we can “keep Christmas” from writer…
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Read more: A conspiracy of love“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love,” said Hamilton Wright Mabie, an American author born in 1846. Merry…