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Bodies and minds need breaks or the work suffers, this has been proven and reproven to the point where we don't even need to post links to support it.

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Carolyn Hax
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: December 5
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People who make babies surrender their right to behave like them.
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Moving is hard. Staying is easy. Logistically speaking, at least. And this is true whether you're doing or undoing something.
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Once given, a gift is yours to use, store or dispose of as you see fit.
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Separating is not divorcing. Please keep that in mind. It is, instead, the second step in seeing if there's a better way to manage your family.
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You don't want to be with someone who is already not getting from you what he needs emotionally.
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Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.
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When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.
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If you take the time to listen to an upset child's story with empathy, and guide the child toward figuring out the root of the problem, then the result is often that the child not only calms down, but also in the future is less likely to get so upset.
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There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.
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Apparently you have ample proof from experience that you're not going to stop world evil by debating your in-laws into submission, so it's okay to choose not to try.
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I have no quarrel with people who lack the skill or temperament to care for small children.
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You can't make people like you under the best of circumstances, and you certainly can't make them like you while you're actively badgering them on what you perceive to be their failures of conscience.
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When you are stuck in a group of people who merely trade turns at talking about themselves instead of actually conversing, it could be a matter of their not really knowing how to converse as opposed to being too small-minded or excessively Facebooked.
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First group impressions can mask a lot of individual variations in the members.
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One helpful thing to keep in mind as a retort-stopper is that you won't win, you won't change anyone's mind, you won't change any votes, you won't make the atmosphere in the room any better, YOU won't feel any better.
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Attractions are things we all should be good at saying no to, because our Department of Attraction is arguably the least reliable and productive office in our entire brain.
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It's okay to forgive yourself immediately and for good.
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You need to make plans for your future, so plan your own future.
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No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.
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Instead of talking at each other about the non-business-related contact, talk to each other about your concerns about marriage. Listen a lot, too.
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