December 2011
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10 Ways to Love Others →
I started in on a massive perfectionist’s list of resolutions full of well-intentioned and optimistic promises to myself for what I would like to think will make me happier, make me feel more accomplished, make everything easy again. Then I came across this little nugget. I may sound a bit naive in saying so, but I think this might be the only list of resolutions I’ll ever need. Number...
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“When we affirm that we are fulfilled rather than deficient, we are asserting...”
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Anonymous asked: re 2011 redux #5, can you post a pic of your hair?
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“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”
– Goethe
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recipe: manjé kréyol (haitian food)
this tag definitely needs some expansion, but you could technically make yourself an entire dinner with this link. stay tuned for haitian stewed chicken, diri a sauce pois (rice with haitian black bean sauce) and griot (fried pork).
you’re very welcome and happy eating!
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recipe: soup joumou (pumpkin stew)
it’s that time of year again! traditionally served on new year’s day in celebration of haiti’s independence, soup joumou is a popular and very delicious holiday dish. on january 1, 1804, newly freed slaves consumed the once forbidden dish after running the french off the island and claiming their independence. in my house, half the day is spent in the kitchen and only the women cook....
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30) Where do you think you’ll be in 5 years?
i’ll 33. i’d like to think i’ll be a little wiser, a little more traveled. a family, maybe? and that degree i’ve been going on about. who knows really.
i’ve never been good at these kinds of questions. people tell you to dream big! but i don’t want to make a goal so outlandish that it’s completely unattainable. on the other hand, i get that if i...
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Get Yourself Motivated and Ready For 2012 →
6. Act with a higher purpose. Any activity or action that doesn’t serve your higher goal is wasted effort–and should be avoided.
7. Take responsibility for your own results. If you blame (or credit) luck, fate or divine intervention, you’ll always have an excuse.
8. Stretch past your limits on a daily basis. Walking the old, familiar paths is how you grow old. Stretching makes you grow and...
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29) Write about any particular habits/mannerisms...
+ i have a throat clearing habit that borders on being an involuntary tick. i didn’t realize how frequently i did this until someone said so. now i’m hyperconscious of it.
+ i tend to spit when i wash my face. i don’t get water in my nose or mouth or anything, but still i feel the need to spit. and so i do.
+ until very recently i had a terrible habit of chewing ice. turns out...
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28) If you had three wishes, what would they be?
i would wish i had enough money to fill my emergency fund and my retirement fund and enough left over to pay off all the mistakes i’ve made. every credit card. every pointless loan. every monumental medical bill.
i would wish for perfect health, so i could die of old age.
i would wish to resurrect my lost black cat. i’ve missed him so much lately.
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27) Where is somewhere you would want to visit?
i would like to visit gothenburg in sweden. i think i would feel at home there. i think it has a place for me. in my day dreams, traveling there falls somewhere in my plans.
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“The best way to make your dreams come true, is to wake up.”
– Paul Valery
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2011 redux
1) be a better friend. i think i’ve gotten better, unfortunately this has been tested in the most extreme ways because all of my dearest friends have moved on or moved away, making me question myself and my expression of friendship. i keep telling myself that time and distance don’t make or break true friendships, but i do still really miss my homies. and i would do anything to go back...
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Anonymous asked: Laeticia, I bumped into your site when I googled for a soup joumou recipe. I really enjoyed a peak into your lfie via the site. You seem like a fascinating young woman. I wish you many blessings in the coming year (2012).
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26) Write about something you once loved, but now...
there are so many things, right! we get older and we look back at old pictures or maybe an old notebook and we chuckle at the unadulterated passion we had for the most embarrassing things. the things we once collected, our crushes, our obsessions… i can’t think of anything right now because i still do indulge in a lot of those things today (a little *nsync never hurt nobody), but i’m...
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25) Write a letter to someone you miss.
dear well-adjusted, unfazed, healthy, chipper version of me:
i should’ve never taken you for granted. you used to be so easy. life was a breeze and everything was going to be alright. you really had it made sister and i let the hard times get to us and now we’re paying for it with our health and i’m sorry. i’m really sorry. i’m working real hard to bring you back...
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