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	<title>Introspective Life</title>
	
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		<title>What causes you to fall off the wagon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For me, completion of what I start has always been an issue.  I start amazing projects, do about 75% of the work and then stop.  Over the years, I have noticed a few things that demotivate me while working on projects: Lack of Time Lack of Energy Lack of Desire Lack of time happens when [...]<br/>
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		<title>My New Year’s Resolution – Mini-goals!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“This year is going to be different. It is going to be my best year ever,” I said to myself as the clock struck midnight on January 1st of this year. “I want to remember 2012 as the end of my previous world and the beginning of a new one.” So many previous years, I [...]<br/>
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		<title>A New Face for an Old Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over the past few years, I have had quite a few ideas for where I wanted this site to go.  The site was originally intended as a place for me to philosophize about life and habits of the mind. After a few months, the site devolved into a more personal journal about my crisis of [...]<br/>
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		<title>Chess Move Flash Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am teaching my wife how to play Chess and could not find flash cards with the moves displayed on them available on the internet. These cards are in a Microsoft Word document. I am posting them here for the world&#8217;s convenience and to help anyone else who is looking to learn or teach Chess. [...]<br/>
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		<title>Weekly Adventures in Cooking Asian Food #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[My cooking this past week happened on Sunday. It was a little bit disastrous. I tried to make Sabzi Pilau. Sabzi Pilau is a vegetable and rice dish. I misread the instructions and added three tablespoons of salt as opposed to two. It made for a very salty dish. One thing I liked about it [...]<br/>
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		<title>A Decent Shave ~ 3 Tips for a Better Shave</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been shaving for fifteen years or so (regularly for about six) and have never been able to get as close of a shave as I would like. I have tried all kinds of razors and been constantly disappointed by my inability to shave certain areas of my face. My jawline is quite angular [...]<br/>
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		<title>Weekly Adventures in Cooking Asian Food #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Laura and I were at McKay Used Books today and happened upon the cookbook aisle. Being a picky eater, new recipes have always been a slight point of contention between us. My wife loves to cook and try all different types of food. I have been wanting to expand my horizons lately, so as we [...]<br/>
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		<title>Introspective Life is becoming JamesEdwardMay.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Big things have been happening since my last updates. I have a new job as a travelling sales representative for a hotel supply company and it has been keeping me extremely busy of late. You will still be able to access the site from the old address so no need to update your bookmarks. No [...]<br/>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today I started relearning Trigonometry from a 1960&#8242;s textbook. The introduction of the book contained a review of the things I should have remembered from Geometry. It was 5 pages worth of formulas, theorems, and proofs. If I did not already have these 5 pages memorized, I was instructed by the book to do so [...]<br/>
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		<title>My New Reading Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am currently working on a self-improvement program. Each day of the week has a different theme. On the specified day of the week, I will read a book in the spirit of that day&#8217;s theme. Some days I will be compelled to blog about them, other days not so much. I really worked hard [...]<br/>
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