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On Wisdom

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018by theusedlife6 Comments on On Wisdom

It's an ashen sky and lo-fi Sunday. Bone dreary and mellow with intermittent sunlight. The air is pregnant with repose. Heavy. Lingering with moisture, the kind that clings to your hair and drips off the edges of your windowsills. The temperature in a slow and steady climb, typical of spring afternoons in the American South. [...]

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Finding the Challenge

May 18, 2017by theusedlife5 Comments on Finding the Challenge

I cherish those moments in which I have the final say over how I occupy my time. (Which of us, honestly, doesn’t?) I have been that way for as long as I can remember, and the biggest reason I have for wanting to control my time has to do with boredom—and my attempts to stave [...]

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When You Have Too Much Life…

May 1, 2017April 28, 2018by theusedlife16 Comments on When You Have Too Much Life…

I don’t know that I believe there is such a thing as having too much life within you. I tend to think that some of us are simply more adept than others at using our energies and our intelligence harmoniously. When you are creative, or when you are a person of many interests who feels [...]

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