Tag: self-improvement
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Strong Force
There’s strong force, and then there’s the force by which cheap stickers adhere to inappropriate surfaces, like the inner edge of the toilet seat in the guest bathroom. Or the granite island and linoleum floor of our rental unit. I’m sitting here with a bottle of Goo Gone and a butter knife slowly peeling away…
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Burn all of the socks
My socks are a major point of disappointment for me. Since college, since med school, no residency, I’ve been carrying along with me some of the same pairs of odd, tired socks. Most of them should be just taken out to pasture. Some, have lost their partner, and like a widower staring out at an…
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Enter, Obsidian!
I follow Laura Scott on Instagram. I don’t know if anybody in the dermatology social media sphere who doesn’t. She’s the Regina George of dermatology; she’s immensely popular and a trendsetter for our group. Unlike Regina George, she’s impossible not to like. With one of her recent stories/posts I saw that she’s been using a…
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The Friday Before V-Day
It’s the Friday before Valentine’s Day. I’m practicing my morning ritual of getting up at an obscene hour (4:30) and using the time to scroll through my phone in the blissful darkness of a quiet bedroom, with our sound machine droning in the background. My baby stirs next to me and makes little grunting sounds…
Med-Derm, MD 