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How can you make the world better with $5? Find out!

How can you make the world better with $5? Find out!

I love birthdays — I think of them as my own personal New Year’s Day, reflecting on where I’ve been in my last year and how I can make my next year better. And my birthday always falls during Lent, which is a Christian season of reflection leading up to Easter. Though many people simplify Lent to giving something up,…

The High Colleedays begin the countdown to 40

The High Colleedays begin the countdown to 40

I’m a little kid about birthdays — I enjoy making a fuss about other people’s birthdays and I love celebrating mine. Yes, even as a suit-wearing executive with an MBA, I have been known to take a box of cupcakes to work on my birthday, just like you might have in elementary school. As part of that, we don’t just…

Decide what you want and declare it in no uncertain terms

Decide what you want and declare it in no uncertain terms

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll wind up somewhere else.”  ~ Yogi Berra My birthday is Monday. Those of you who know me already know that I seriously love birthdays. Now those of you who don’t know me know that, too. I like to think of my birthday as my own personal New Year. My old roommate, Karen,…