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The Practice of Attention: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - April 19, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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A Year of Living Stoically - April 19, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mindfulness - April 19, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mindfulness - April 13, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mindfulness - Month 12, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mindfulness - Month 11, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mindfulness - April 10, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mindfulness - April 9, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mindfulness - April 8, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Mindfulness - April 7, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Raising Hare: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - April 18, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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A Year of Living Stoically - April 18, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - April 17, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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A Year of Living Stoically - April 17, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - April 16, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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A Year of Living Stoically - April 16, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - April 15, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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\n Day 186
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\nRemember that your ruling reason becomes unconquerable\nwhen it rallies and relies on itself,\nso that it won't do anything contrary to its own will,\neven if its position is irrational.\nHow much more unconquerable if its judgements\nare careful and made rationally?\nTherefore,\nthe mind freed...
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Journal Entry - April 14, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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A Year of Living Stoically - April 14, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Grammar - Chapter 1 - Verbs: lifeonab17.me

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A Year of Living Stoically - April 13, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - April 13, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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@ayjay Thank you for the recommendation. I’ll grab that and give it a go. This will be my first foray into wayward historical fiction…

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@ayjay Brilliant!

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@PaulnRhe Love following! If you export your photos to .jpeg with a width of 640 then post, they will be MUCH smaller and will still size to page width with high resolution. Cheers!

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@PaulnRhe I’m very excited for you! I will be starting the TransAm in Williamsburg on May 5. I too will be blogging the adventure! Cheers!

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