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Category: General – Life Becomes Understanding

General: Now I’m getting it

February 25, 2025 christinesteevesspeakman Leave a comment

I’m still learning and figuring it all out and I’m still just as stuck in the habit rut and blindly…

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General: I should have made notes

January 7, 2025 christinesteevesspeakman

On January 1st I wrote the blog about Another fresh start and mentioned more was running through my head and…

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What I Learned: to be continued

November 26, 2024 christinesteevesspeakman

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Quotes & Reflections: to be continued

November 19, 2024 christinesteevesspeakman

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I first came to the internet to figure out how to get published and ended up a reviewer, copy editor, editor, blogger, writer, still reviewing.

I don’t know who all sees me and I’ve been asking the question – does it matter if anyone does?

The truth is…it doesn’t. It doesn’t matter if 1 or a billion sees me, or you, I’ll/you’ll always see myself/yourself. What’s that line…wherever you go; there you are. We all carry our own baggage.

There’s no escaping who we are…I don’t want to escape myself. I want to be me and with that, here I am, all of me.

 

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