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Douglas Cootey over at The Splintered Mind recently wrote a poignant article about the brick walls in his life. He quoted Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer-science professor who had recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given only a few months to live. “Brick walls are there for a reason,” Pausch said. “They…

Speaking of perfectionism, I thought you’d appreciate this story from the BlogHer convention I attended back in July. As I mentioned in an earlier post, sometimes these events can bring out the insecure, pimply seventh-grader in me, the one the boys used to get to the prettier, more popular twin sister (not that I still…

At the BlogHer conference (when I could actually listen to the speakers instead of obsess about my numbers), I learned the importance of giving my readers a chance to speak because Beyond Blue is more of a community of support than it is my personal blog. I’ve been pulling out comments that really intrigue me…

One of our Beyond Blue readers, NYJLM, has a great blog herself, called “So Love Is Hard And Love Is Tough” that you can get to by clicking here. I loved her blog on perfectionism: Yesterday I baked and cooked and baked some more for Rosh Hashanah. I was vaguely anxious all day, hoping I’d…
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