Category: Selena’s Musings
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Adulting & Questionable Advice for Everyday Life
Adulting is a never-ending improv show with no script—we’re usually just winging it. But fear not—that’s what these life tricks are for. A few are a little questionable, but if they make life a smidge more straightforward (or at least more entertaining), isn’t that a victory? Insert light bulbs into old doll heads in your…
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Merry Holidays & Happy Christmas
Sending you and your families best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and holiday season, and for those with an empty place(s) at your table, may you feel the love that surrounds you, and may you experience peace and the road to healing with the support of loved ones and the support of your…
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Life Tips
1. Relationship Tip: Ask your significant other at 6:00 a.m. how they visualize porcupines making love. This will lead to an interesting conversation. 2. Mental health Tip: DON’T read a ton of news media links. DON’T read a lot of social media posts (I know, the irony). DO read a lot of fiction. I recommend…
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Life Tips According to the Tao of Selena
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have read a string of tweets with the hashtag #TaoOfSelena also known as deep, philosophical thoughts (deep and philosphical is open to interpretation of course). For those not familiar with my Twitter habits, I am pleased to share them with you here. I hope The Tao of…
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Creativity unleashes the child in the adult.
I recently returned from a week’s writing retreat with my critique partner, Nancy. This is something we’ve done for the past few years, and not only is it a week guaranteed to be filled with laughter, mischief, naps, swimming, walking, and great wining and dining, it is also a time to get deep into creativity mode without distractions. The…
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