Category: Blog Posts
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Does Heimat = Home?
Part of freshman year curriculum at my institution includes a number of management and liberal arts courses. In one particular liberal arts course however, one of the main topics is about a word of German origin- heimat. The word has no literal English translation because it is as much a word as a culture. The…
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Whatever Happens Next
So I swore that I wasn’t going to be one of those annoying people on social media that we all become on occasion that post some form of a “New Year, New me” status and I still haven’t and I still won’t. (BTW this isn’t it either) The beginning of a new year however does…
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The Opportunistic Quality of Self-improvement
Lately, I have been extremely focused on my health and my happiness and whatever that means. I have begun to realize that a lot of the reasons that I am often unhappy is by my own hand. I could be doing so many greater things, but I have been undercutting my potential and blocking off…
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Bright Lights, Big City
“I got that off-black Cadillac, midnight driveI got that gas pedal, leaned back, taking my time…” Having grown up in a big suburb within a big city, I thought that I had been showed what life in any city would be. I always envisioned the bright lights and the strange people, but to an…
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Is Sexy Affecting Self Esteem?
This yahoo article challenges Disney creators and their take on the ‘new & improved’ Merida with some sexy additions. What do you think? Check out the article & leave your comments below! http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/merida-disney-princess-controversial-makeover-brave-heroine-really-224924634.html
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“When it is obv…
“When it is obvious that the goal cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goal; adjust the action steps to the goal.” -Confucius
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The World’s ‘Weight Problem’
I have yet to understand the constant weight struggle that is constantly under the scrutiny of societal view. I guess I’m not really sure why must everything be boiled down to pounds and ounces and what the scale reads. Even worse, there is no improvement in sight. An array of articles seemingly landed at my…
Taelyr C. Roberts 