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Wishes, and more wishes.

Jessica — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:14:07 +0000

I’ve got a serious case of the shoemaker’s children. My day job is to insert content into web sites; straight-up HTML and CSS for 8 hours a day, then a 45 minute drive home. I used to love daydreaming about blog posts for my personal site and I would even keep a journal to write …

Blog Action Day: Food

Jessica — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:55:26 +0000

Today’s Blog Action Day topic is just the thing to get me blogging again. I do appreciate a good global conversation about food on any level. Let me review why I came up with the blog and web site “Living on Purpose” in the first place. As I added digital index tags to a wellness …

Your mind should have rain gutters

Jessica — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:52:17 +0000

The more I estimate houses for gutter replacement, the more I liken rain to thoughts, and gutters to critical thinking skills. I can’t help it. You know, it drove me nuts that when my husband first started his rain gutter company, all he would talk about when driving through residential areas was gutters. He would …

I am not my thoughts

Jessica — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:46:10 +0000

Long before I started this Living on Purpose blog, I had an internal mantra: “I am not my thoughts.” I knew in a conceptual way that thoughts were things and they were not the same as ME. For instance, I don’t have to believe I am a bad person if I notice a “bad” thought …