Labels have their place ... you aren't one of them!

Labels are ah-mazing.  One of my favorite things that I own is my label maker.  Everything has it's own place, and that makes me smile.  While pinteresting (yes, that's a real word) last night, I searched "organization", and my screen was quickly filled with label after label after label ... and it was awesome.  ...

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I can't be you ... I'm too busy being me!

WOW! This was a week full of revelation for me. I finally realized (somewhat) my "worth".   Worth (n): usefulness or importance, as to the world, to a person, or for a purpose. (thanks dictionary.com) Matthew 10:29-31 ESV Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value...

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I CAN'T STAND IT!

     I can't stand it! I can't stand the fact that I let people influence so many of my decisions and then leave me to deal with the repercussions by myself.  I can't stand the fact that I constantly let people walk all over me.  Being nice is a curse sometimes.  I can't stand the fact that people judge a book by it's cover without even trying to read the story.  I just can't stand it!  ...

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[insert title here ...]

This is one of the hardest posts I've had to write thus far.  Not really sure of a title because there is no "theme" in this one ...but some very important things happening my way.   I typed "goals quotes" into Google and when I looked at the images for a little inspiration as to where to even begin, I found this...

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Identity Crisis?

My name is Denise and I am in the middle of an identity crisis.  (Isn't identifying the problem the "first step"?)  Part of me wishes this was like an AA meeting where I could figure things out step by step, but the anonymous part is kind of silly when referring to identity crisis, right? Because you are trying to figure out...

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top 10 reasons to not date me.

Yep! That's right ... Don't date me. Please.  In all reality, I don't want to date you either. Sorry I'm not sorry. I guess this deserves some explanation? Ok, here goes. This is not, however, a "bucket list" ... It IS, in fact, a list of goals that I will acheive at some point or another, and I don't need you to get in the way of that. If you would like to tag along, we can possibly make arrangements. 10) I haven't traveled...

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What you do (and don't ) know ...part 4!

I probably should have titled today's post "pity party" ... so here's my disclosure: if you're easily offended, stop reading now. Let's start by saying I urban dictionaried the term hopeless romantic, and after that created a youtube playlist of songs that would contribute to my pity party...and now here I am!  What you DO know ...  Heartbreak SUCKS! What you don't know...  Well I don't even know the answer...

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#22yearsofdenise

     That's right! Switching it up from what you do (and don't know) on the night before my birthday! (I will probably look back ten years from now and think "Did I really think that? OH. MY. GOSH!", but for now I will live in the moment) ...so here is my "wisdom". [I also stole the hashtag from Zandi and Erin who are Catawba alum and I really liked it, so thanks (= ]      I'm writing...

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What you do (and don't) know ... part 3!

Today I have loved my job more than any other day.  Now don’t get me wrong – I absolutely LOVE what I do; and even on my worst days, I couldn’t imagine being anything else/doing anything else. But today it hit me that I really do love what I do.  If someone asked me to SHOW you how much I love someone/something, I couldn't.  How would I?  I can try to describe everything about it that is great, I could try...

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What you do (and don't know) ... part 2!

I was recently asked the question: "How was your day?" Ok, no big deal ... this gets asked fairly often and normally a simple "Pretty good!" would suffice, but this time was a little different.  When I replied with "I'm exhausted, so it must've been good, right?" answer, the question that followed took a minute for me to respond.  The question of "Did you teach them anything new today?" would normally receive the response...

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What you do (and don't) know!

     I'm sitting on the corner of "should I start my own blog (again)?" and "should I just keep following a very relatable blog of a friend?", when all of a sudden the car--no, the truck--that drove through the puddle of "just do it" splashes me in the face giving me just the answer! The friend's blog: Lucy's Inspiration.  The truck splashing me in the face: Sarah Kay's Inspiration.  So...

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