mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

My heart raced as I sped down Dundee Rd. from Buffalo Grove to my parents’ home in Palatine. It was early October 2004, and I had just gotten off work at Sam Ash. I was scared that he was following behind me on the road, or at home. I was worried that anyone would be [...]

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I spent the snowy night before New Year’s Eve at home, working on some content for blogs and Review Chicago. My car was parked on the boulevard directly in front of my house, which has parking restrictions during rush hour times–7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. When I finally [...]

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Previously in the end of an era series: A wrong turn on a one-way street, coupled with my failure to renew my insurance policy in May 2008 unfurled a long series of events which made my life much more complicated than necessary. Two months after my Cook County court appearance, the Secretary of State placed [...]

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Previously: I welcomed major difficulty to my life through not abiding by insurance laws, creating a series of unfortunate but humorous events over 2008. Police searches, court dates, car suspensions, long commutes and countless other complications truly gave me a new perspective. I had to think about why I let simple things snowball, literally, into [...]

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Last time in the End of an Era series: After coming thisclose to being in deep trouble with the Glendale Heights jurisdiction for almost missing my first mandatory court appearance, I planned ahead. The next time I’d have to go out to court, I promised to not make the ordeal so complicated and less of [...]

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