It might be two days past January and I might not do a post like this every month, but the beauty of having your own space on the internet is that you get to make
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The Slant
On finding what works for you
Amidst not jumping on the January Crazy Train and having a mantra, not a list of resolutions, for 2019, I still had a handful of smaller goals I wanted to accomplish this month. One of
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The Slant
On having a mantra for 2019
It’s the middle of January and I’m in the waiting place. You know the place? It’s the one where you are floating on a single stepping stone and you can’t confidently plan your next move
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The Slant
On learning curves
Cue: TV announcer voice. Last week on Running the Slant, I had an Extremely Obvious Epiphany. And then I said, “Crap. I’ve been doing this all wrong.” I’ve been approaching this website as if it
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The Slant
Let’s just say no to the January Crazy Train
Dear friends, Days ago—aka one single day ago—we were all riding the holiday party train, high on sugar and entertainment binges. And now, somehow, we’ve arrived at January 2nd, the unofficial/official DO EVERYTHING BETTER day.
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Life
I might be in a Hallmark movie (and other Christmas things)
Guys. I’m pretty sure I’m in a Hallmark Christmas movie right now. Last week I was taken out by a runaway dinner table. This actually happened. The guy who was rolling the table to a
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The Slant
Advent Light
A long, long time ago—circa 2002, maybe?—I needed a new winter coat. My mom decided our best bet was to look for one on Black Friday, even though neither of us had ever really braved
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Food
When your slant route is basically a food truck
There’s been a lot of bad news lately. I know that’s an encouraging way to begin, but really, there’s been a lot of bad news lately. It’s like a relentless wave that keeps pummeling the
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The Slant
Chutes and Ladders
A few days ago, I had this thought that life is kind of like standing in the middle of a ring of knife throwers at the circus. And I legitimately started writing about that, except
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