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		<title>January Will Be Simplicity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year&#8217;s Eve, the biggest drinking day of the year, in the entire world. What will your New Year&#8217;s (or whatever date you use) Resolution be for 2010? How did you do with the one(s) you made in 2009? &#8230; <a href="http://www.midlifecelebration.com/joy/january-will-be-simplicity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_3873" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3873" title="Simplicity" src="http://MidLifeCelebration.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Tiger-Flower-garden3-300x225.jpg" alt="Simplicity" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Simplicity</p></div>
<p>Happy New Year&#8217;s Eve, the biggest drinking day of the year, in the entire world.</p>
<p>What will your New Year&#8217;s (or whatever date you use) Resolution be for 2010?</p>
<p>How did you do with the one(s) you made in 2009?</p>
<p>If you are curious enough or smart enough to pay attention, you can learn a lot from what I share. But like anything where excellence is a goal, the focus has to be constant.</p>
<p>Not everyone can keep up. That&#8217;s just the law of nature. There&#8217;s only a certain type that has that focus and discipline. What type are you?</p>
<p>Looking back to my 2009 resolution to start an Internet-based business, here are some numbers, mostly for posterity (and certainly not to boast):</p>
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<li><strong>20</strong> &#8211; 2008 Mid Life Celebration blog posts</li>
<li><strong>312</strong> &#8211; 2009 Mid Life Celebration blog posts</li>
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<p>Humongous difference, eh?</p>
<p>Why? Because of:</p>
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<li>Passion</li>
<li>Purpose</li>
<li>Focus</li>
<li>Discipline</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Resolve">Resolve</a></strong></li>
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		<title>Unhappiness Is Our Fault</title>
		<link>http://www.midlifecelebration.com/joy/unhappiness-is-our-fault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeff noel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.&#8221; &#8212; Edward de Bono There are many ways to start talking about this.  And initially, I was simply going to let the quote &#8220;speak for itself&#8221;, without &#8230; <a href="http://www.midlifecelebration.com/joy/unhappiness-is-our-fault/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>&#8220;Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.&#8221;</em></strong> &#8212; <a href="http://www.edwdebono.com/"><strong>Edward de Bono</strong></a></p>
<p>There are many ways to start talking about this.  And initially, I was simply going to let the quote &#8220;speak for itself&#8221;, without any additional dialogue.</p>
<p>However, me being me, well, that obviously didn&#8217;t happen.</p>
<p>But compromise is in order and I will end this Mid Life Celebration blog post with a top-of-mind thought.</p>
<p>Once I started writing, consistently, back in March, a transformation began. As if something inside me was awakened and began to grow. And then suddenly realized, I hadn&#8217;t even begun to discover what was possible.</p>
<p>Talk about a joyful experience.  Undiscovered joy, newly found, was remarkably  humbling.  And humility brings incredible joy.</p>
<p>Oh, and by the way&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong><em>&#8220;Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
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