Hazel Thornton
This post is about how to use the free, interactive, social, memorial platform We Remember, by Ancestry. So, my dad died recently. It was somewhat unexpected — I mean, he wasn’t in the best of health at age 88, but he was in remission from lymphoma. And I can only hope to go as peacefully…
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I thought this phrase — If you can’t find something, clean up — was a well-known adage. But random people I’ve queried have never heard it. So, I Googled it. Turns out it’s one of Gretchen Rubin’s many Secrets of Adulthood, which she introduced in her bestselling book The Happiness Project. I guess it made…
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Writing a book is a prolonged exercise in perfectionism. One must strive for quality while resisting the urge to make it perfect. Why? Because perfection, which is highly subjective in this case, falls somewhere between unlikely and impossible to achieve. And perfectionism can lead to procrastination, writer’s block, stress, and the inability to finish one’s…
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Uh-oh. Ancestry.com just updated their Terms and Conditions in a way that has people up in arms. >>> SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR UPDATES. <<< I’m not saying I like it, but I do tend to stay calm in situations like this and wait and see what happens next. Meanwhile, though, I want you to know…
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I was attempting to help my aunt solve a cat-related problem. It involved purchasing a couple of items and changing a couple of human behaviors. To me it seemed like a potentially easy fix. Not guaranteed, of course – nothing is guaranteed when it comes to cats! — but why not try it?
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One of my favorite concepts in life is The 80/20 Rule. What is it? The 80/20 Rule, a.k.a. the Pareto principle, stems from observations made by Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto in 1906, including the fact that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population. Or, generalizing to other situations, roughly…
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I am now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Yay! And, like this little bird, I’m pretty happy staying at home by myself. But it’s nice to have options as I face the (nearly) post-pandemic world.
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2021 UPDATE: Getting “derailed” is one thing. Here it implies a potential for getting back on track with a little focus, some encouragement, and a few tips from me. However, falling off the trestle bridge into the canyon below, before crashing and burning, is quite another thing! This article is about getting back on track…
Read more...Greetings! I hope you are doing well despite the fact that somewhere along the way I lost my will to keep you updated on all things COVID. ARCHIVED: Survive and Thrive Resource Roundup Once in a while I’ve checked in with you and let you know how it’s going for me…. Are you wasting your…
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