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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Local ‘Buy Nothing’ Group

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The yoga ball and hand weights you vowed to use daily sit in the corner collecting dust, the workbench your husband received as a gift five years ago remains unopened in its original box, not to mention all the clothes and games your children have outgrown. She recently gifted several reusable container lids. “I

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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Local ‘Buy Nothing’ Group

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The yoga ball and hand weights you vowed to use daily sit in the corner collecting dust, the workbench your husband received as a gift five years ago remains unopened in its original box, not to mention all the clothes and games your children have outgrown. She recently gifted several reusable container lids. “I

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From Viral Videos to a Netflix Special: Kountry Wayne’s Journey to the Top

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He used his comedic gift to charm a straight-faced judge into letting him go so he could take care of his family. So I took a lot of steps to try and dodge that lifestyle, but I ended up crunching the numbers. That inner help comes from the gifts you’re born with and the lessons you learn in life. I got right back in the car.

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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

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This trip was part birthday gift, part Christmas escape, part Florida homecoming. She thought that doing something different, something lighter on gifts and heavier on togetherness, would be good for us. Now we had an afternoon to do the thoughtful gift-selecting that my mom normally takes months to do. This is Texas, after all.

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10 Fundamental Truths That Will Change Your Life

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Remind yourself every morning when you wake up that each day is a gift and you’re bound to make the most of the blessings you’ve been given. After all, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Loss is a raw, visceral reminder of the frailty of life. It shouldn’t be.

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The 2013 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide

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This year I decided to offer holiday shoppers a bit more time to explore possible gift ideas for the productivity enthusiast — aka the "productivityist" — in their lives. The Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide for 2013 may be a long read, but it may just spark some gift ideas you hadn''t considered. I''m glad I did. SodaStream.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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Pete and I looked at each other and said, ‘Wow, this is definitely something we were meant to do,’” Ranney said. With a natural gift for storytelling, her presentations weave humor, wit and grace into powerful messages about acceptance and tolerance. “I I feel like I’m doing something more than just Christmas gifts,” said Rydzy.

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