What's your definition?

Don't be so easily defined. Unknown

I've been talking with my redheads lately about this very topic of today's quote. When we are easily defined then we are not unique. And each of us has the potential for unique. If we are easily defined then that can mean that we have allowed the norm to mold us instead of us making our own norm. I think back to my middle school and high school days where the pressure to be defined by a group - jocks, nerds, popular, etc - was strong. If you fit into the group and could be defined by the characteristics of the group then you were "in". But were you really? By being "in" you are giving up, or away, the things about you that make you unique. You become easily defined instead of creating the definition. As I'm encouraging my girls in this teenage season of life I will encourage you also, don't allow the definitions that are out there become you - go out and be your own definition.

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The End of Affirmation 365

I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.

Affirmation Day 273

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

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