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omg I love the practice guide

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DAILY AFFIRMATIONS

How fortunate I am that in this life I am one who has been allowed to create beauty with responding to madeline's comments.

It is my responsibility to create peace, beauty, and love with responding to madeline's comments.

I WILL BE KIND TO MYSELF

IT IS ONLY RESPONDING TO MADELINE'S COMMENTS

No matter my level of development in responding to madeline's comments, how good or bad I think I am, it is only responding to madeline's comments and I am a beautiful person.

I will not compare myself with my colleagues. If they do responding to madeline's comments beautifully, I will enjoy it and be thankful and proud that I live in fellowship with them.

There will always be someone with more abilities in responding to madeline's comments than my own as there will be those with less.

REASONS TO DO RESPONDING TO MADELINE'S COMMENTS

To contribute to the world's spiritual growth.

To contribute to my own self-discovery and spiritual growth.

To pay homage to all the great practitioners of responding to madeline's comments, past and present, who have added beauty to the world.

RID YOUR SELF OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS FOR BEING A PRACTITIONER OF RESPONDING TO MADELINE'S COMMENTS

to create self-esteem

to be "hip"

to manipulate

to get rich or famous

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but ALSO for real my comments are for me and for fun and hopefully for you to enjoy so I do not expect any response or obligation at all!

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DIDNT YOU READ THE GUIDEW?!?!?

How fortunate I am that in this life I am one who has been allowed to create beauty with responding to madeline's comments.

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JUST CHECKING HI I HAVE ANXIETY ITS WEL MEDICATED WHICH I AM PROUD OF YAY

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I get and appreciate that I am always anxious and medicated and frankly? still right on the edge of collapse!!

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I LOVE YOU MAN

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omg this is the best comment ever

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I am amazed at the sheer power of anyone who can sit on a wooden chair.

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My grandpa and dad had that same green lamp!!

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ur grandpa is ur dad wtf?

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oh shit this is y every1 needs a copy editor

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Has my desk gotten messier since you debuted this series? Yes.

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Love the concept of this series! I just started reading Tabs, what beautiful timing.

and the Practice Guide is a gem! Reminds me of the iconic Killers lyric - “Are we human, or are we newsletter?” at least, I think that’s how the song goes...

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one might call that a cosmic kudos!!!

hahahaha yes that very classic Killers lyric yes of course

so glad you dug the series kimia, more coming!

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Wow, Tabs seems super cool. Thanks for the tip! I realize now I might need a fidget knife. And LOVE the Practice Guide for Newsletter. Haha. Yes!

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hahaha! You can make your very own practice guide for whatever you want https://practice-guide.glitch.me/

here's one for Beyond:

DAILY AFFIRMATIONS

How fortunate I am that in this life I am one who has been allowed to create beauty with Beyond.

It is my responsibility to create peace, beauty, and love with Beyond.

I WILL BE KIND TO MYSELF

IT IS ONLY BEYOND

No matter my level of development in Beyond, how good or bad I think I am, it is only Beyond and I am a beautiful person.

I will not compare myself with my colleagues. If they do Beyond beautifully, I will enjoy it and be thankful and proud that I live in fellowship with them.

There will always be someone with more abilities in Beyond than my own as there will be those with less.

REASONS TO DO BEYOND

To contribute to the world's spiritual growth.

To contribute to my own self-discovery and spiritual growth.

To pay homage to all the great practitioners of Beyond, past and present, who have added beauty to the world.

RID YOUR SELF OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS FOR BEING A PRACTITIONER OF BEYOND

to create self-esteem

to be "hip"

to manipulate

to get rich or famous

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Hah! Thank you!

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I am the proud (?) operator of not one but TWO messy-ass workspaces. Just so you know

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PROVE IT - email me photos at messyassspaces@gmail.com and ye shall be featured!

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Shit man I wanna do one.

Also thanks for introducing Rusty, 'Tabs' is great!

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heck ya Rusty's the best. And man email me your space at messyassspaces@gmail.com !!

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I found the coffee maker on the desk absolutely shocking. It strikes me as totally dangerous. If I was sitting that close to the coffee all day I’m sure I’d be up to ten cups in no time. Five is bad enough!

Also love this: “I can be convinced almost anything is cool by someone who really believes it is.” So true! Enthusiasm really is infectious!

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there is probably no one who lives that phrase of enthusiasm making things cool than my dear friend Anne Kadet, writer of Cafe Anne

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Awwww thanks Alex!!!

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I'm still new to you, Alex, or vice versa rather, but I dig the questions you choose to ask and love how you autopsied the photo! I've done that with selfies that people have sent me over the years, or selfies my friends have shown, i go deep beyond the bra and panties/pulled down boxers and hone in on the random box of opened Cheez-its on the table behind them. Also, I have the same Kettle, computer, and grinder as Rusty! Weird to feel a connection via things, but i did.

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YOU ARE RUSTY!!

and yes, there is no higher artform than zoom in comedy.

and I new to you but am glad we are becoming less new and more pals by the moment

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"I minimized everything until I was comfortable with just this old 13" Macbook air. I like that it's extremely portable and wherever I can open it: there's my whole workplace. The limited screen real estate also helps keep me focused on one thing at a time, instead of my undiagnosed ADHD brain bouncing all around."

I've been in a similar situation for years now. Every so often I set up an external keyboard and mouse on my desk with my laptop, thinking I can transition to having separate/multiple displays again, but I always revert to just using the laptop on its own. Having a single workspace and way of working that's the same wherever I am (and this works even though I transition across multiple machines, with a MacBook Air that I take on the road with me) just seems so much more preferable than having some extra screen space that would likely be a distraction more than an aid.

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i am going to pretend I never saw this so that I can keep using giant screens that obviously do not help my adhd brain at all lol

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Oh my god, of course the person who types directly into the CMS hits snooze for 2 hours. (It me.)

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it Rusty

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