mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

“I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless, and in this moment I am happy.” It was 90 degrees, sunny, and breezy last Sunday morning. I laid down in the front part of the speedboat, closed my eyes, and listened to the water rushing past me and the laughter of my friends tubing [...]

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…is the Facebook de-friending. (Thanks to my friend @trecoolx for putting it so succinctly and giving me this title.) *** When my mother joined Facebook and requested my friendship, I knew nothing good would come of it. Because I’m basically a heathen, while my mother is devout. But really, those terms are so relative and [...]

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“Are you happy?” Angelique asked me. I thought about her question for a moment. I didn’t want to just say anything anyhow.

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Therefore, I must listen. My boyfriend Sean, his friend Jenn and I went to Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre on Halsted to see Mister Sedaris–arguably one of the world’s best writers–stand behind a small lectern on a plain black stage and read. It’s quite a simple thing, really, watching a small 54-year-old man read from his diaries, but it [...]

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This video has absolutely nothing to do with entrepreneurship, business, self-improvement or natural hair–but it’s hilarious, so I have no choice but to share it with those of you who have yet to view it. Last Thursday, Sean’s cousin Christopher took the train down to the city to come hang out with us. After we [...]

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