http://semicharmedwife.com Helping you find your purpose and navigate your quarter-life crisis in style Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:51:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the perfect personal development challenge for me to initiate today. I'm heading to my parents' house this afternoon for the long weekend. My parents have a house with a big yard and a pool, so they always have a cookout for my entire extended family. (My dad is ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/07/03/take-the-positivity-challenge/ On Monday, I posted about feeling like I'm not living the life I'm supposed to lead. I got quite a few emails from readers who feel the same way. It's a frustrating feeling, isn't it? It's this nagging sensation that something's not right, that you're somehow being robbed of experiences ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/07/02/i-have-a-dream/ As I've posted before, I'm not entirely convinced by The Secret and the Law of Attraction. I find it difficult to believe that all diseases and hardships are the result of our own thinking. Did a rape victim attract that crime? Did a newborn with a heart defect attract that ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/07/01/community-experiment/ A close friend of mine called me yesterday afternoon to tell me that the guy she'd been seeing had just ended their (somewhat casual) six-month relationship. Like any good girlfriend would, I picked up a bottle of cabernet and headed over to her place. She was absolutely devastated, which surprised me as ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/30/the-life-im-supposed-to-lead/ Thank God, the Universe, and Whoever Else that it's Friday!!! I'm a bit crampy and a lot headachey, and I'm officially taking a day off from serious, topical posts. I still feel like writing something though, so I'm shamelessly borrowing Zandria's Random Friday idea. Enjoy! My husband and I are getting together with friends ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/27/random-friday-courtesy-of-zan/ One of my life goals, something I absolutely must do before I die, is to run a marathon. I'm currently training for the Marine Corps Marathon, which will take place on October 26. I've tried training for a few marathons before, but I've always gotten hurt about 2/3 of the ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/26/visualize-and-attack/ Regardless of where we are in life, we all have goals. A college student might want to get an A on her psych final. A young professional might want to pay off her credit card or get a promotion. A fitness buff might want to finish a triathlon or complete the 100 pushup ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/25/what-motivates-you/ I'm taking Janssen's lead and copying the "My Town" feature from Real Simple where residents of a city talk about what to see, do, and eat in their hometown. Janet is collecting the answers and creating a page of personalized city recommendations. You should play along! My DC Age: 30. Occupation: Defense ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/24/my-dc/ I just wanted to thank you all for your comments and encouragement yesterday--I really needed it! The rest of the day went perfectly. I ate well. I exercised. I didn't give in to shame and self-loathing, which is a real victory in and of itself (as anyone who's ever had ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/24/thank-you/ I'm going to go out on a limb today and ask some questions that make many people (myself included) a little bit uncomfortable. The subject I want to tackle is religion and/or spirituality. (I use both terms because I know both people who consider themselves "spiritual but not religious" and people ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/24/if-the-spirit-moves-you/