How to Keep Guests Warm at an Outdoor Winter Party

A while ago I wrote about how I threw an outdoor winter party. It was an ambitious undertaking, but since then I have also thrown an outdoor Halloween party as well. It’s becoming a little bit of a theme in my life to figure out how to successfully throw outdoor parties at a time of…

A Timeline List of Crazy 2020 Events

If you’re asking yourself what the hell happened in 2020, you’re not alone. At first, I thought I might just make a list of “bad things that happened in 2020” but that’s a little too simplistic for the complex mix of emotional turmoil that is 2020. So, it’s probably more accurate to call this a…

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A Simple Way to Reframe Negative Thoughts to Reach Your Goals

I am risk-avoidant. Some people are pleasure-seeking – act now on what you want, think later. I analyze everything before acting. I’m both a libra and the child of a lawyer, neither of those things help quiet my think-of-every-possibility-before-acting-ness. I have to actively figure out ways to quiet my panic-brain on the regular, and so…

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