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That Time You Were the Grinch That Stole Easter -- Lessons from traditions under quarantine

Annie D. Stutley

Apr 15, 2020
7 min

That Time You Were the Grinch That Stole Easter -- Lessons from traditions under quarantine

There are things I can’t control -- like holidays during a quarantine.

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That Time You Went From Zero to One -- Women can have midlife crises too

Annie D. Stutley

Apr 7, 2020
7 min

That Time You Went From Zero to One -- Women can have midlife crises too

I had to look like I was in control even while out of control, like a drunk who says, “I got it!” even as she trips over her own feet.

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That Time You Had Tea with the Queen -- When good manners are more than a gesture

Annie D. Stutley

Mar 18, 2020
7 min

That Time You Had Tea with the Queen -- When good manners are more than a gesture

"I hit send on my comment and wondered if accepted social norms are forcing out the kind of manners my grandmother drilled into me..."

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That Time You Would Rather--When perspective is found within a Porta Potty

Annie D. Stutley

Mar 3, 2020
6 min

That Time You Would Rather--When perspective is found within a Porta Potty

Though it may appear my writing is in the toilet this week, I promise this ridiculous story is both true and has a deeper meaning.

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That Time You Found Your Corner of the Sky--To the dreamer who never stops dreaming

Annie D. Stutley

Feb 18, 2020
7 min

That Time You Found Your Corner of the Sky--To the dreamer who never stops dreaming

Our continuous struggle with man vs. destiny

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That Time You Were Blah--Your way out of the January slump

Annie D. Stutley

Jan 14, 2020
6 min

That Time You Were Blah--Your way out of the January slump

How to pull yourself out of a January slump

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That Time You Balanced Ten Years in One—
To the person who disappeared this year

Annie D. Stutley

Dec 31, 2019
6 min

That Time You Balanced Ten Years in One— To the person who disappeared this year

What's behind a vanishing act

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That Time You Were Guilty--When perfection is put on trial

Annie D. Stutley

Dec 10, 2019
6 min

That Time You Were Guilty--When perfection is put on trial

Where does guilt begin and what's its silver lining?

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That Time You Persisted--When love isn’t your greatest virtue

Annie D. Stutley

Dec 3, 2019
6 min

That Time You Persisted--When love isn’t your greatest virtue

We all have this within ourselves. Why not take it for a run?

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That Time You Were a Blur--Seen or unseen, why background matters

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Were a Blur--Seen or unseen, why background matters

What we're hiding in our background and why

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That Time You Indulged or Not--The great divide in the battles of holidays and favorite things

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Indulged or Not--The great divide in the battles of holidays and favorite things

What's at the heart of the battle of the holidays

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That Time You Saw Dead People--What’s so scary about that?

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Saw Dead People--What’s so scary about that?

What ghosts revealed to me

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That Time You Defined Virtue--Why values aren’t enough

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Defined Virtue--Why values aren’t enough

When values aren't everything

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That Time You Stayed Hungry--The real difference between winners and losers

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Stayed Hungry--The real difference between winners and losers

What's the real difference between winners and losers?

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That Time You Remembered Show and Tell--Why the fight is sometimes harder than the battle itself

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Remembered Show and Tell--Why the fight is sometimes harder than the battle itself

Why the fight is sometimes bigger than the battle

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That Time You Weeded Out Your Past--Trying again after trauma

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Weeded Out Your Past--Trying again after trauma

When I weeded my garden, I didn't expect this to happen

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That Time You Were Juuust Right--Goldilocks: Criminal or Cool Chick?

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Were Juuust Right--Goldilocks: Criminal or Cool Chick?

Why Goldilocks was a badass role model

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That Time You Solved X--When adulting is basically algebra class

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Solved X--When adulting is basically algebra class

What I should have paid attention to in Math class

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That Time You Stood Tall in Flats--We don’t choose our bodies, but we can choose how we feel inside

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Stood Tall in Flats--We don’t choose our bodies, but we can choose how we feel inside

What I realized when I gave up high heels

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That Time You Mattered to This One--The starfish story and you

Annie D. Stutley

Nov 24, 2019
6 min

That Time You Mattered to This One--The starfish story and you

How The Starfish Story applies to you and me

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