So how do you manage expectations that continually aren't met...
Expecting
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The Local Lowdown
I do this thing when I travel, I marvel at all the commonness around me. I smile up at the canopy of trees overhead as we set up our campsite. I'll spend too much time on my "PictureThis" app in order to identify the tree who produced the leaf that I'll hold in my hand [...]
the domesticated wanderlust
I feel like I have too much at stake to be a real adrenaline junkie, instead I'll opt for the diluted Mom version.
missive notes on death
I like to look for lessons in things, always searching for the deeper meaning behind the unexpectedness of life. Turns out, death unfurls a lot of lessons in its cleft. The revelations aren't the obvious piths or placations. It's not "live life to the fullest" (though, you really should) and it's certainly not "everything happens [...]
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