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How Habits Make Us Who We Are

Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.  ~ Confucius

You’re a morning person, I’m a night owl. You skip breakfast, I wouldn’t miss it for anything. You shop at the same grocery store every week, I shop at the same grocery store every week, but I don’t shop at your grocery store. Why? Habits.

Habits have a huge influence on our lives because they contribute to our successes, failures, personalities, relationships, and opinions.

But why?

Habits Co-Mingle

The people I know well are somewhat predictable to me, and I know that my usual behaviors . . .

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Monday Photo: Flickr Happy

All of the earthly possessions I care about are either a) locked in a safe or b) with us on our trip. This includes countless digital photos (on two laptops) that we would be devastated to lose. Like this one:

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So we’ve found a great solution to make sure we never lose any of our photos, even if we lose our laptops. It’s . . .

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4 Websites That Make Travel Easier

Photo by Frank Voisin

Photo by Frank Voisin

The other day my mom was telling me about how, in the 70s, she and a friend drove a fancy old car for an elderly woman from Ontario to Florida, enjoyed a cheap vacation, and then flew home. My mom didn’t know the woman, and I marveled at how they would have connected like that before the internet came along and made the world feel smaller.

Compared to then, travel planning today is easy. But there are endless websites out there, and I can narrow my needs . . .

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A Buddy System for Goals

Photo by Randy Son of Robert

“Bubba was my best good friend. And even I know that ain’t something you can find just around the corner.” – Forrest Gump

The buddy system works great – you watch out for me, I’ll watch out for you. Now there’s an online buddy system specifically for tracking goal progress! Noomi, a life coaching website has created an awesome online interface to allow you and a friend to help each other reach your goals.

Here’s How it . . .

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Just For Fun Friday: Losing My Shoes

Today I’m borrowing an idea from Shannon, who makes my Mondays better with her Not That It Happened to Me stories. Here it goes:

Imagine that in the course of selling your house you hire a home-stager to help you “maximize your space.” Sounds good, right? She is your space-making fairy godmother who promises to make your house look bigger and more appealing than it really is.  You figure she’s a gift of karma for all the times you helped other people out by buying their junk at a garage sale.

She arrives and a whirlwind . . .

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