HeyJaredSusanna Shetley
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More choices lead to more unease - (opens the original)
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Who knew the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) would send me into a deep state of reminiscence and reflection? As I sat there watching Snoop Dogg emcee, Taylor Swift win Video of the Year and Madonna win Artist of the Year, it made me wonder when I stopped tuning in to VMAs, Grammys, Academy Awards, and Emmys. Growing up, watching a flashy awards show was a big event in our house. These were the days of TV Guide and The Cable Guide. In my household, The Cable Guide was king because, well, we had cab
Here I am in a reverse mid-life crisis - (opens the original)
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The first time I learned about a mid-life crisis was in a 1980s movie where the lead male actor emotionally breaks down in middle age and dyes his hair, buys a sports car or has an affair. Sometimes it’s the woman who has the mid-life crisis. She may have an affair of her own, get plastic surgery, or go on a shopping binge. I remember watching those movies as a young person, feeling like mid-life was eons away. Now, I’m 46-years old, around the same age as the characters in these films. I’ve not
Nature and awe helps you live longer - (opens the original)
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As I write this column early in the morning sitting on our deck, a symphony of birds keeps me company. The sounds remind me of something I read recently about what truly makes us live longer. We know that healthy eating, exercise and managing stress lengthen lifespan, but another integral factor is a deep relationship with nature. For the majority of time we’ve been on this planet, people and Mother Earth worked in synchrony, but the human-nature disconnect is increasingly getting worse, especia
Do you have your own personal legend? - (opens the original)
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I’m a subscriber to The Washington Post’s daily e-newsletter, and when I opened my email this morning, I misread a headline. The words said, “Trump’s Oman threat,” but I read it as “Trump’s omen threat.” For a nanosecond, I thought the journalists at WaPo were getting metaphysical on us, and I liked it, but then just as quickly, my logical brain corrected the error and I read it for what it was. I didn’t click on the article because I’d rather read about omens than Oman. Perhaps I wouldn’t be th
Trusting the unknown - (opens the original)
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“Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius is based on this philosophy, and I often whisper these words as a mantra when life seems confusing or frustrating. Controlling an outcome is futile, but human nature is forgetful, so again and again, we find ourselves contorting and pushing to reach a desired conclusion — when letting go and trusting the unknown is perhaps the best course of action. We’ve all experienced serendipitous events that seem too bizarre to explain as a mere coincidence. In fact, over th
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