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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Veronica Monique | Word Warrior</title> <link>http://www.veronicamonique.com</link> <description>A Word Warrior uses her words.</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:54:24 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VeronicaMonique" /><feedburner:info uri="veronicamonique" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>VeronicaMonique</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>Never Idle on a Monday</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VeronicaMonique/~3/9DbBo5Zso2o/</link> <comments>http://www.veronicamonique.com/never-idle-on-a-monday/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:54:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Veronica Monique</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[flexible schedule]]></category> <category><![CDATA[working from home]]></category> <category><![CDATA[writing process]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.veronicamonique.com/?p=696</guid> <description>Mondays are notoriously touted as the dreaded back-to-work, back-to-school, horrible beginnings of the week.
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