“Burnout is nature’s way of telling you you’ve been going through the motions; your soul has departed; you’re a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system.” ““ Sam Keen We’ve all been there. The job that we may have taken to escape […]
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So much has happened since the start of the uprising in Libya. From elation to moments of despair, perhaps no group has felt this upheaval more poignantly than the thousands of Libyans currently living abroad. From their homes across the United States and Europe, these families wait on pins and needles for a sign, a […]
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A Very Polack Christmas (Part 1)
It’s come to my attention over the years that my family has relatively unusual holiday traditions. For one, my family identifies as Polish, even though most of the younger generation are more typical American mongrels than straight out of Poland, and we make a big deal about celebrating Wigilia, the traditional Christmas Eve dinner. And […]