heather flanagan

My Word, Your Word

All you have is your word. It is important that it mean what it says. When we are our word, we build trust. This doesn’t mean that we make more agreements. More likely, to be our word, we will make fewer agreements and clearer ones. In fact, when we say “yes” to everything, the chances [...]

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Why is happiness so unappealing?

What? Huh? Happiness unappealing? What can I possibly mean? Everyone wants to be happy, right? I am not so sure. And I will tell you why.Today I was having a feeling I did not  recognize. It felt very expanded, hopeful, and alive. It about made me hurl! That is to say, it was very foreign [...]

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Feeling Uncomfortable

Let me tell you where I find myself. I am standing on imaginary ground between my old place of comfort and my goals. (I wish I could call them “new” goals, but they are old and have been in hibernation for way too long!) In the past when I have felt this uncomfortable I have [...]

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Procrastination: What I say to what Wikipedia Says

According to Wikipedia: Procrastination is a behavior which is characterized by deferment of actions or tasks to a later time. [Why do today what we can put off until tomorrow?] Psychologists often cite procrastination as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision. [Sometimes it is more [...]

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Removing the "prod" from productivity

Do you ever feel like you have to abuse yourself to get yourself to do anything? Do you feel unmotivated until you have made yourself feel so bad that you simply must take action to relieve the guilt? I feel this way sometimes. I am not convinced that it is the self-abuse that leads to [...]

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