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03 December 2008

Download Instant Cheer! 25 Days of Free Music From Amazon!

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Prepare for the holidays and download some instant cheer in Amazon's Holiday MP3 store where you'll find seasonal music in nearly every genre--from classics to contemporary; world to weird; and everything in between.


These days, I'm a big fan of  FREE! And more than ever, I'm all about ANYTHING that will help me silence the STRESS EATING carryout-call-girl living in my head. I used to look forward to watching television but even with DVR and Tivo I can't get away from all the glaring headlines filled with doom and gloom. All I can think about during the evening news is what I want to STUFF my face WITH to calm my nerves when it's over.

2 pastry piles Sure as sugar cubes, I do NOT have visions of carrot sticks dancing in my head.

If I hear one more segment on how to pay off all my credit cards and get out of debt, I'll make enough COOKIE DOUGH to feed the free world and eat it all in one sitting! The only way I'm going to make it out of this real life recession alive and on top is to 'protect my process(es)'.

I don't want to navigate all of these super tough challenges, fat and unhappy. Fat begets fat in my house. The lazier and more complacent I get, the more rotund I get. Humpty Dumpty starts calling my pad his. So not cool.

On the First Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me...

Go with Nike + iPod.Amazon's giving away 25 days of free music from now until Christmas. I'm giving myself a mind-body rehab coupon book for the 12 days of Christmas. What? Don't you remember making coupon books when you were a kid? And didn't you love, love, love thinking them up with your Mom and coloring all over them?

On the 12 Days of Christmas, Your Inner True Love Gave to You...

1. Slow down.

2. "Just say no" to family and friends when saying yes will make you behave badly.

3. Rehab your "well stocked pantry".

4. Speak of chapters in your life weighing heavy on your soul in the past tense.

5. Repeat after me: I will no longer sabotage my success.

6. Honor your bodies need for rest and restorative sleep. 

7. Exercise for health and healing as opposed to exercising yourself to total exhaustion.

8. Declare technology time outs.

9. Eat more vegetables. 

10. Write more. It's freeing.

11. Schedule commerce free play dates. Money isn't everything.

12. Be still. And listen.




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