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Lesson #115: How to Bribe Yourself to Work Out

January 5, 2012

With goals on everyone’s minds this week, it’s a good time to talk about rewards. After all, the bribery process is part of the planning process, right? To be honest, I didn’t used to get motivated by rewards. Or at least not tangible ones. You’d think that because I’m materialistic, I’d do anything to earn [...]

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Lesson #114: How to Pick Up Women {part I}

January 4, 2012

A lot of people have e-mailed me over the past year or so asking for advice on how to make female friends after college, and I noticed this point in my 2012 verb post attracted a lot of attention — apparently a lot of you just moved to new cities and are feeling a bit [...]

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Lesson #113: How to Lead a Passionate Life Without Being Passionate About Your Job

November 14, 2011

A couple months ago, Nicole contacted me about writing a guest article for Michigan State’s VIM Magazine. Considering that Nicole’s blog makes me miss college sorority like crazy — until I start to feel a little too much like Amy Poehler in Mean Girls and reel it in — I was flattered to be asked [...]

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Living in Sin: Lessons from the Great Sexperiment

November 7, 2011

A few months ago, I posted about the challenge Eric and I were taking on: 60 consecutive days of banging. I had every intention of writing about it more, but I quickly learned that I was too busy doing it to write about it or even keep track of the highlights. But now that the challenge [...]

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Lessons From a Chicago Weekend

October 31, 2011

Um, is it seriously Halloween? And it’s almost 5 PM on Halloween?! I don’t feel back to normal after my long weekend in Chicago just yet. I want another week of fall festivities before I have to go through that pain-in-the-ass task I brave just once a year — putting on fake eyelashes! Anyway, here are [...]

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Lesson #104: How I Finally Got it Up for Yoga

September 20, 2011

Last night, I completed my 16th yoga class in one month, so I officially hit my “four times a week for an entire month” goal. This is a really big deal for me because I’ve never been able to get it up for yoga before. Or I would get it up and I’d take a [...]

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Lesson #103: How to Confess Your Love to a Friend via E-mail (Without Using the Word “Love” or Saying Any Other Mushy or Romantic Shit)

September 13, 2011

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Rule #2 states that when it comes to relationships, knowing is better than not knowing. I am seriously opposed to secret crushes. I believe that feelings are not meant to be hidden away and that once you hear “no,” you can move on with your life and find someone who will say “yes”…but as long as [...]

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Lesson #102: Preparing for the Worst, Hoping for the Best

September 12, 2011

I think everyone feels differently about the best way to spend 9/11, especially the 10-year anniversary. The thing that I’ve found is that the events from 9/11 have affected me more and more as I’ve gotten older. When I was 16, I understood that something bad had happened, but I couldn’t really relate to it. It [...]

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Lesson #101: How to Lose Weight & Get in Shape in the Fall

September 8, 2011

It’s a new season so you know what that means — it’s time for everyone to start telling you how to lose weight by taking advantage of all the great things about that season. And you know what? Most of those tips are completely ridiculous and improbable. But I’m not one to miss out on [...]

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Lesson #100: Surviving Tough Times

August 25, 2011

For my 100th lesson, I’m sharing wisdom from the desk of Bonnie Bucqueroux, a woman who probably has a million lessons to teach us. Bonnie was my JRN 101 professor and was the one who encouraged me to start blogging and to challenge the crap that needs to be challenged. Her influence is seriously the [...]

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