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    Home Organization

    So I’ve been wanting to clean and organize our house for a while. I’m the kind of person who feels happier and more comfortable in a clean and organized environment (I actually wish I weren’t so sensitive to my environment!). Lots of other things keep getting in the way (like my three-month-old, a lack of motivation, other more urgent deadlines, etc.).

    And then I got a request in the comments section of this post from WilderMiss to post a tour of my house. I’ve been wanting to do it for a while, so her request was a little kick in the pants.

    And then I got an e-mail from reader

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    Book Club: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

    I first started reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in 2004 or 2005. Even though the first few habits revolutionized my life, I never finished the book, which is why I wanted to read it again.

    I thought I had only made it through the first three habits, since those are the ones that are deeply ingrained into my being. However, as I continue reading the book for our little book club, I keep seeing my notes in the margins. I figured I had only made it halfway through the last habit, but my notes kept going. And then I thought there was no way I had read

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    New Wallet!

    Image courtesy of Komono Art

    So a long time ago–like, December of 2009–I read this post over at Superhero Journal. Andrea’s quote really resonated with me:

    “Someone told me once that if you want to draw a certain kind of abundance into your life, the type of wallet you carry is really important. At the time my wallet was used (by someone other than me first!) threadbare, and almost falling apart. As my friend would say, poverty wallet alert! Which I guess is like having bad feng shui of the wallet.”

    At the time, I loved my handmade wallet (from a laminated map and a Loteria game from the

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