Month: March 2024

Let Me Do It MyselfLet Me Do It Myself

March 27, 2024March 27, 2024| JulieJulie|

I get it. I fully understand why retailers are eliminating self-checkouts, why they are limiting them to Ten Items or Less, why they no longer want customers to check themselves out. All those thieves have ruined it for the rest

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(No Fear of) Missing Out(No Fear of) Missing Out

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024| JulieJulie|

I’ve always been prone to live in my own little world. As a child, I created fairy-tale worlds with Care Bears and Barbies, my hundreds of stuffed animals, and MTV. I didn’t pay attention to what was in vogue or

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So I Think I Can DanceSo I Think I Can Dance

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024| JulieJulie|

Solid Gold dancer—that’s what I dreamed I’d grow up to be. At four years old, I understood little about trends, TV shows, and dancing. I don’t even remember what the premise of Solid Gold was, only that a group of

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Crafty RegretCrafty Regret

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024| JulieJulie|

Down-sizing. Spring cleaning. Tidying up. Call it what you will, but an onus lurks in every room, on shelves and in cabinets, a big bulky unyielding conundrum, one that cannot be tossed yet to save it seems redundant, obtuse, unsightly.

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