Insights/Reflections

Fun Exercises

Fun exercises are the way to go if you want to enjoy your workouts.   During the course of my life, I’ve discovered at least eleven fun exercises. They are, in order of preference:   Biking Swimming Pickleball Wallyball Volleyball Tennis Baseball Badminton Snowmobiling Hiking Walking   Alas, I don’t remember the last time I

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Scarcity

One of the triggers explained by Joe Sugarman in his copywriting book TRIGGERS is SCARCITY.   I’m going to use it to see if that might be the magic potion that gets my Ideal Clients to pay attention.   Here’s my new Profile cover letter at Upwork:   PRICE IS ONLY A PROBLEM WHEN VALUE

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Body Shaming

BODY SHAMING  Let’s be clear: body shaming is evil and anyone who does it (personally, professionally or commercially) is a demon.    As the following link attests, all-out efforts to body shame healthy but wrinkling/greying/stout human beings turns rational victims of the practice into schizophrenic introverts on the inside and shame-faced prisoners on the outside.

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Update on Patches

I reckon it’s time to post an update on Patches, my geriatric cat who had radioactive iodine treatment in January to destroy her overactive thyroid.   She is doing well. She looks like an entirely different cat, bulk-wise. She’s a chunky monkey now. Her head feels twice the size it was before she had the

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My Undamaged Essence

  MY UNDAMAGED ESSENCE: CALM, CURIOUS, CONFIDENT, OPTIMISTIC, DETERMINED   Last night, after experiencing a complete day of “downtime” — including a long nap, sitting shirtless in my back yard for the first time in 60+ years, and hanging out with my cats and goats — I went to bed feeling serene, confident and calm.

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