Can-Do-Ology: Business meets Personal, falls in love, has several Stuff That Needs Doing offspring, and goes seeking suitable live-in help.
I started taking yoga classes in college, and I was immediately impressed by the dramatic effect focused attention on the breath had on my body as a whole. Before the poses themselves came to mean much to me, the breath and awareness of it really hit home. The summer after I began my yoga classes, [...]
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Gwen Bell has a fantastic “Best of ’09” project happening. Its hub is at her blog, but over 650 bloggers and Twitterers are participating, so it’s definitely far-reaching. I’ve wanted to participate since its first day (December 1st), but, true to form, I kept putting off my blog-writing. And here we are at December 19th. [...]
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Dear Grandma, You got comfy in your recliner yesterday afternoon. Snuggled up with your blanket, in that soft pink and white striped top you loved, with a kleenex or two tucked up in your sleeve. “I’m just really, really tired,” you said as you reclined in your favorite chair. And just a few minutes after [...]
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Jen Hofmann’s Office Spa Day is always an adventure and a welcome break from my routine, not just because I get to interact with Jen and several other really fantastic folks, but because my beloved office area gets some much-needed care and attention. I rave to friends and family about how much I get done [...]
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My brother Chaz had a rollerblading accident on Friday, and wound up with two badly broken wrists. He’s had surgery on his right wrist (and is the proud owner of a metal plate and some pins and some wires in that arm now, sure to set off metal detectors wherever he roams), and the left [...]
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Once upon a time… there lived a woman named Marissa who did some internet stuff and some assistant stuff and a whole lot of websurfing and blog-reading stuff. One day, in and amongst her usual websurf locations, she happened upon a blog called The Fluent Self. And it wasn’t what she expected, even though she [...]
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I wanted to have my theme words set for ’09 prior to ’09 actually arriving, but that didn’t happen. But I did get ‘em solidified by Day 2 of ’09, so that’s still doing just fine, I think. Theme Words for 2009…(drumroll, please!) They are Abundance + Heart. Photo by Incurable Hippie I want to [...]
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Jacqueline Thomas, one of the bloggers at Carrie & Danielle, wrote a post inquiring what you’d say to your 10-year old self, if you were magically able to visit him or her. My favorite piece of advice that Jacqueline offered to her 10-year old safe was “Don’t Waste Energy Being Nervous.” She’s so right when [...]
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I’m Marissa, can-do-ologist, perpetual Curious George, and daily adventurer.
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