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Strengthen Your Writing Muscles with NaNoWriMo
I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year. There are a million reasons not to, but I’m doing it anyway. Are you familiar with NaNoWriMo? NaNo, as it’s often abbreviated, stands for National Novel Writing Month . The goal is to write a new, 50,000 word novel in thirty days. That’s 1,667 words every day for thirty days. I’ve done it before. I’ve… [ read more ]
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Don’t Let the Whiteboard Get You Down
I got home from the gym the other day, and I felt great. Well, I didn’t feel great physically. It took me an hour to stop sweating enough so I could take a shower. But mentally? I felt great! Why? Because that workout was the kind of workout I wanted to skip. Because burpees. Burpees are my nemesis . This… [ read more ]
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Coming In Last
Coming in last. I hate it. Really hate it. Maybe you do, too? Have you ever thought about why you hate it? I have and I’ve boiled it down to a simple statement. I’m afraid. Ick. It’s safer to say that we hate to come in last. It doesn’t sound quite as pitiful as admitting… [ read more ]
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What’s Your Hoodie? (Or, what happens when a chubby, Jesus-loving girl joins CrossFit)
Yep. That’s me. Deadlifting 190 pounds. I joined Five Forks CrossFit in November. I know. I’m surprised, too. My husband’s been doing CrossFit for years, but when a new box (that’s what a CrossFit facility is called) opened a few miles away, he finally convinced me to give it a try. I love it. Well, except for the… [ read more ]