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		<title>You&#8217;re Just You: Wisdom from the Voice in My Head</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/22/12     12:25pm What&#8217;s wrong with you? You&#8217;re just you. Nobody else could be you. And they wouldn&#8217;t want to if they knew what it meant. And you&#8217;re pretty damn good at it. So keep doin&#8217; it. You&#8217;re the only one &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/22/wisdom-from-the-voice-in-my-head/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1500&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I am not a teacher</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/17/12     3:44pm I was thinking about Mrs. Lindsay asking if I want to be a teacher. I would LOVE to be a teacher. But I think my adherence to rules is quite lacking. I do things my own way, follow &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/18/i-am-not-a-teacher/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1495&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hi I&#8217;m Eric&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/07/hi-im-eric/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so maybe this is a night of sharing, in the social media sense of the word. I just ran across this video on my mom&#8217;s Facebook page. I like the song so I decided to watch it. Totally made &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/07/hi-im-eric/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1488&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Thing</title>
		<link>http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/07/the-green-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a Facebook forward: Checking out at the grocery store recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own grocery bags because plastic bags weren&#8217;t good for the environment. I apologized and explained, &#8220;We didn&#8217;t have this green thing &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/07/the-green-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1485&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I am SO hungry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/6/12     11:28pm I am so hungry. SO hungry. I can&#8217;t BEGIN to tell you how hungry I am. Even though I know I shouldn&#8217;t be. I go through phases where I don&#8217;t eat much and am not hungry at all. &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/06/i-am-so-hungry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1481&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I remember this feeling&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/6/12     9:25pm I remember this feeling&#8230; The feeling with no brain. It lives in the inbetween, under the eaves. I rock and stare and wait. Don&#8217;t be late. There is no time. I can&#8217;t make tea. I can&#8217;t make me. &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/06/i-remember-this-feeling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1477&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is there such a thing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/4/12     12:20am Oh, good God. The race has begun. They interruped my tv show to talk about the Iowa election today. It&#8217;s all over FB. Really? I used to somewhat like politics. I thought voting was exciting. I thought I &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/04/is-there-such-a-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1471&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moments of Happy</title>
		<link>http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/01/moments-of-happy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/1/12     5:26pm I don&#8217;t know where to find it but there is a piece of research about smiling that I&#8217;m using as a coping skill tonight. It says that smiling works both ways. We smile because we&#8217;re happy, but smiling &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/01/moments-of-happy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1460&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take me to the pirates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/1/12     4:30pm I woke up today hearing myself say, &#8220;I have no reason to be happy.&#8221; It was strange. Right out of a dream, literally. There is a light hope in the air. It&#8217;s 2012 and new things will be &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/01/take-me-to-the-pirates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1457&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The State of Affairs in Michelleville</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/1/12     6:55am (sigh&#8230;) I feel sad. The last of my guests left an hour ago and I just finished posting pics online. I&#8217;m sitting in my chair watching the sunrise out the window. Zoe is playing. Mom&#8217;s asleep and Margaret&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2012/01/01/the-state-of-affairs-in-michelleville/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1452&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Blog Report :)</title>
		<link>http://writingtowardshappy.com/2011/12/31/2011-blog-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[12/31/11     6:55pm My favorite part of the blog year is the annual report. I think I did great this year. My readership has grown. Last year I had 204 posts and 4,600 hits. This year only 44 posts but 2,400 &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2011/12/31/2011-blog-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1433&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[12/31/11     2:56 pm I got the most amazing compliment today: &#8220;I just wanted to say that I love your writing. I admire the imagery and honesty in what you write and it is something that I aspire to do in &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2011/12/31/on-writing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1443&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dec 31st</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[12/31/11     2:30pm I just sent out the end-of-year giving email for my organization. I couldn&#8217;t do it before now. And honestly, what&#8217;s the rush? I get all these letters and emails about how it&#8217;s SO important that I give money &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2011/12/31/dec-31st/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1439&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tacos in Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[12/30/11     11pm J- was really high tonight. I noticed immediately. It was annoying. It seems hypocritical of me to judge him for being stupid. But everyone knows I hate stupid people. I got the best compliment from Barbara, whom I &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2011/12/31/tacos-in-space/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1424&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mainlining Jazz</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[12/30/11     9:45pm Some people do drugs. I don&#8217;t do drugs. I do music. And not just any music. Jaazzz music. Funky shit tonight. I feel dizzy &#38; confused. I shouldn&#8217;t listen to the flute. Between my eyes hurts. The dose &#8230; <a href="http://writingtowardshappy.com/2011/12/31/mainlining-jazz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingtowardshappy.com&amp;blog=12157010&amp;post=1423&amp;subd=writingtowardshappy&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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