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Posted by: Akimbo on 03/03/2011 I went a whole week and a half without milk. I have this crazy obsession with cereal: when I have cereal and milk in the house, that is all I eat as I neglect to set off the fire alarm with my cooking skills. After two weeks of near depravity from my easy access food, I bought the pink gallon of dairy and proceeded to open up the neglected box of shredded wheats.
With one bite, my taste buds rejected me. It tasted bland. It tasted like nothing, but at the same time like a very bad so...
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Posted by: Penelope on 12/23/2011 As a future-mom (I'm not pregnant now but would like to have a family someday), I wanted to share this information with others who can help. Every year, thousands of people of all ages are diagnosed with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases. Without a bone marrow transplant or cord blood, many of them will die. FACT: 70% of people do not have a donor in their family and depend on the Be The Match Registry® to find a match to save their life.
Here is where you come in...
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Posted by: Penelope on 11/30/2011 Looking back at when I was single and just graduated college, I remember how much I loved free stuff. When I came across this sweepstake from Bare Necessities, I knew I had to share it with the On My Own members.
Bare Necessities is giving away a fabulous sleepwear wardrobe to a randomly selected winner. The wardrobe, contains the coziest sleepwear necessities, will include Dearfoams Thermal an...
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Posted by: Kylie on 11/10/2011 As a single female, living on my own, I struggle to go shopping let alone go on dates. In an effort to help my bra and lingerie wardrobe, I found this great sweepstakes by Bare Necessities.
Bare Necessities is celebrating their 5 millionth bra! Thirteen years after launching as a small internet sta...
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Posted by: Kylie on 12/29/2010 I wanted to share Stage of Life's free, universal goal setting worksheet.
Whether you use it as your "New Year's Resolution To-Do" list or as a tool to kick off fresh start with your life, this 10-step worksheet will help get you proactively thinking about the goals, possibilities and opportunities ahead.
View and print the Goal Setting Worksheet
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Posted by: riserthinking on 10/08/2011 It can be argued that chivalry is dead. In pondering about this, I know what is very much alive: caution. Taking public transportation as my primary mode of getting around, I have encountered men who seemed to be looking for dates. They had the same pick-up line combination: “What your name? How old are you?” How old am I?? I guess age would be an issue considering the fact that the men were probably twice my age already. Many times it was obvious that I was already in college: the university ...
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Posted by: gabsrcl on 09/24/2011 On Wednesday, I celebrated a milestone birthday. I turned 21. To most people this means tons of drinking, partying, and all around irresponsibility. To me, it meant that I have to get up and intern the next day so I am definitely not drinking. I live with my parents, still, and my little sister is still here. I don't feel right getting completely inebriated just to come home and disturb them. However, we are going out this weekend, so the balance is going to be thin. Ahh, the joys of growing up...
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Posted by: Kylie on 09/21/2011 As a single woman, I don't have a lot of money to spend on bras. I know how important it is to find the right bra instead of wasting money on a bunch of bras that don't do the job. Check out these great tips for finding the right bra from BareNecessities.com. These tips helped me a lot and I bet they can help other single ladies like me...
1. Put your bra on...Take the opposi...
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Posted by: gabsrcl on 08/30/2011 Lately, every celebrity interview I read they are talking about who inspired them to become the person they are. Who was your role model back in the day? Well, now I am flipping the table a bit. Who inspires you?
My answer to this is simple. My mom inspires me. From day 1 (literally) she has been by my side, always supporting me. While we hit some rough patches along the way (I wanted to be an adult at 12, she didn't think that was the best idea) she has never faltered in being there...
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Posted by: mcoly618 on 08/26/2011 My life has taken some major twists and turns since we last chatted, but I'm growing as an adult, woman, and overall human being. I have encountered people and conversations that have made me laugh and cry and feel everything emotion in between.
With all my college buddies returning to school this week, I have found my emotions on a roller coaster ride. I am also moving this weekend, not back to college, but into my first place. Although I should be nothing but completely happy and ...
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Posted by: LauraJayne on 05/11/2010 Given my recent affair with tofu, I have realized that I could, realistically, give vegetarianism a try. Simply being able to do something, however, is rarely valid as the sole reason to do something. However, I have wanted to try vegetarianism for years because of the multitude of health benefits that come along with eliminating meat from my diet! I should preface this post by stating that I am not a "bleeding" heart animal lover who feels bad for cows and chickens. I don't. I'm not suppo...
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Posted by: gabsrcl on 08/02/2011 I've come to the conclusion that parents make home life too comfortable. If they were rude, uninviting, and didn't provide every necessity, people would move out faster.
I didn't think it was so bizarre for me to want my own place after graduating college, but apparently I am in the minority here. None of my friends are quite ready to part with the cozy living at their parents house. Do I find a place by myself? Stay with my parents and teenaged siblings until my friends are prepare...
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Posted by: gabsrcl on 06/22/2011 I have to say, being in your early twenties is a confusing state of life. As a teenager, I thought I was so "misunderstood." I realize now that was just the beginning. You see, as a young twenty-something, you aren't a teenager anymore, so people view you as more responsible. However, they don't truly view you as an adult yet either. It's a lose-lose situation.
I was talking with my mom and boyfriend today and the idea dawned on me, "When did I become boring and start having conversations ...
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Posted by: KirstenD on 05/04/2011 May 4, 2011 8:00 a.m.
My name is Kirsten. I am 36 years old. I’m single. I lost my career path somewhere between the Limelight and 9/11. I thought I’d find it by coming home to Minnesota but instead I found a dead end and an extra 50 pounds. Most people my age are married (some for the second time), they have kids, and they seem incredibly content. At least that’s what their Facebooks tell me. I envy their status updates, their rosy-cheeked children, and clear paths.
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Posted by: KirstenD on 05/18/2011 Yup okay. I’m here. I wish I could say I’m smiling from ear to ear, that my transition back to New York has been amazing and magical and that I 100% know I’ve done the right thing by coming back here. But the truth is I’m suffering a wicked bout of whiplash for which there is no fashionable foamy collar. If you’ve ever moved to New York maybe you know what I mean. Especially if you’ve moved from an area where you would drive, like I did. Now I walk. I walk the streets with lots of other ...
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Posted by: 4thandLife on 04/23/2011 I went to a small town college, where I made some of the best friends in the world. But the problem when you go to a small town college is that after graduation, it’s hard to end up all together. And then there’s my friends that I made before college, and they’re spread out too. And yet, one of them ended up in the same city as me. I don’t know when we met, but I do remember her being at my birthday parties in junior high, and I know that we knew each other long before that. And I know tha...
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Posted by: ciaobella14 on 04/10/2011 They said it would not affect me
But it did so much so
The germs turned into sickness
a sickness stubborn to grow
It turned out fine in most things
But the one that mattered most
Enflamed the ones I cared for
And struck out off the coast
Now what is left for future
And who is left for me
Now who would want a student
Whose major got a B
If only I could be given time
And only time to tell
And learn what they g...
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Posted by: smartwriter on 03/31/2011 “Addiction” is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.” In other words, its when you just can’t find the will inside yourself to say NO.
I have been dealing with my addiction, anorexic-bulimia, for almost a year. When I thought I had hit rock bottom somehow I sunk even lower, but I am ready now to stop feeling sorry fo...
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Posted by: Shebajc on 04/07/2011 I've embarked upon a 30-Day Letter Writing Challenge, only I'm writing mine about once a month. The letters are difficult, each for their own reason. This one has been on my brain for several weeks as I tried to define the word "stranger." I have people I could write about, whom I've interacted with on-line but never met. Ultimately I followed Merriam-Webster's definition: "a person or thing that is unknown or with whom one is unacquainted." The next question was, what stranger has made enough ...
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Posted by: I Run in Heels on 05/05/2010 I celebrated 30 years of life in August. Rather than the cake, the candles, & more of the same, I chose to usher in this new decade more spectacularly, hence The List. After jotting down 30 entertaining activities to do throughout the next twelve months, I invited 30 friends to join me. The idea was that on my 31st birthday, I could look back and say: “This is the year I finally…” and fill in the blank with all sorts of excitement.
So far I’ve hiked to a waterfall, seen John ...
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Posted by: 4thandLife on 03/11/2011 In my 9-5 life, I take care of two wonderful children. These are smart, funny, kind, polite, loving, beautiful children. I work really hard to focus on the smart, funny, kind, polite, loving, friendly aspects of them. These are the traits that will help to carry them through life. Also the traits that if developed, can help alleviate self-esteem issues as it relates to body image as they get older. This week I brought the 4.5 year o...
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Posted by: Stephaniepage on 02/12/2011 If you trip over little ones all day like I do then you know that parenting isn't as easy as one might think. Before I had kids I thought you hugged them, kissed them, said no no, I love you, eat your peas and say thank you.
I didn't really expect that simple requests like say please instead of just "I want it, I want it" could result in such dramatic situations.
The other morning my 18 month old, who I might add has been saying please and thank you for months now, refus...
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Posted by: 4thandLife on 02/18/2011 I needed a break from city life one weekend, so I contacted my longest friend to see if she wanted to get together. We became friends in second grade, and went to school together all through high school. While I stayed in the area for college, she went off to Colorado & California, making staying in touch much more difficult. We saw each other a few times, but the friendship faded. As I went through life though, I missed her more and more. As I was making my move to the city, she was movin...
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Posted by: Shebajc on 02/11/2011 On lazy days with nothing scheduled, most people like to sleep in. Sleeping in may mean until 6AM if you're Princess, who is up between 5 and 5:30AM every day regardless of schedule. Sleeping in may mean 1PM, if you're Superman, who likes to burn the candle at both ends. For me, sleeping in is 9AM. I usually go to bed between 11 and 12PM. I usually wake up once or twice overnight, sometimes having to get out of bed for liquid in or out. I usually wake up between 7 and 8AM, unable to get back to...
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Posted by: Shebajc on 02/09/2011 When I first started running early last year, I did what I do whenever I find a new interest. I researched. I searched on-line for running related things, trying to figure out the best way to get where I wanted to be. Along the way, I found Runner's World.
Let me say off the top that I am not a magazine reader. I read books, when I have time off from reading textbooks. At that time I did not yet read blogs, but I read several o...
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