Roger on April 9th, 2009

I’ve loved books for as long as I can remember. When I was a child and my mother finished washing the evening dishes, she’d read to me. We’d sit on the green carpet of the living room with our backs against the gold and white couch. She’d read books like Curious George and Little Black [...]

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Roger on April 7th, 2009

This post is part of a series of posts on mindful eating. The Introduction contains links to the entire series.
If you’ve been following this series, you know I used the book Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food by Jan Chozen Bays, MD as my guide. Jan is an [...]

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Roger on April 3rd, 2009

Note: I’ll be on a family vacation for the next ten days in sunny Miami. My posts and response to comments will be sporadic at best.
My fellow bloggers, Nadia at Happy Lotus and Vincent at Yinnergy, have tagged me along with six other bloggers. This tagging idea has been floating around the blogosphere for awhile [...]

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Roger on April 1st, 2009

This post is part of a series of posts on mindful eating. The Introduction contains links to the entire series.
It’s the last day of my mindful eating trial and I’ve finished Jan Chozen Bays’ book. I’ve learned three new things from the book and my experiences.

Be careful of rigid rules. You can create rules that [...]

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Roger on March 29th, 2009

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a small village. This village had a strange tradition. Each spring, any boy that had reached the age of majority was given a plot of land and bag of money to build a home. The boy had to complete his home before winter. If [...]

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Roger on March 26th, 2009

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. – John Steinbeck
This August, my wife, Lisa, and I will have been married for twenty-five years. We lived together for a couple years before we married, so we’ve been together even longer.
Honestly, I love Lisa more now than [...]

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Roger on March 23rd, 2009

This post is part of a series of posts on mindful eating. The Introduction contains links to the entire series.
It’s the twenty-second day of my mindful eating trial and I’ve read 132 pages of Jan Chozen Bays’ book. I’ve learned six new things from the book, my own experiences, and the experiences of the other [...]

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Roger on March 17th, 2009

We all become aggravated sometimes. I’m often surprised by how aggravated I am over minor things. For instance, I’m aggravated by waiting in various lines: traffic lines, store checkout lines, movie ticket lines, and so on. I want the line to move faster. I’m also frustrated when people are late for meetings, phone calls, and [...]

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Roger on March 15th, 2009

This post is part of a series of posts on mindful eating. The Introduction contains links to the entire series.
It’s the fourteenth day of my mindful eating trial and I’ve read 84 pages of Jan Chozen Bays’ book. I’ve learned a six new things from the book, my own experiences, and the experiences of the [...]

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Roger on March 12th, 2009

The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest. – Albert Einstein
With so much conflicting personal finance information available, it’s hard to know what to do. It’s difficult for me although I’ve read numerous personal finance books and articles, subscribed to Money Magazine, and received an MBA from Duke University. But I’ve discovered a [...]

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