Tag Archives: change

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  Maybe Depression is Your Mind’s Way of Saying “You Suck.”

  Posted on October 4, 2010 by Kat French in managing attention

  Please excuse the rather brusque post title. I’m currently channeling my inner Sue Sylvester. Lately, I’ve been pondering the concept of “productive depression.”  Have you ever heard that term before? I hadn’t either, till a year or so ago, when a counselor pointed out that I was currently in one at the time.  The brief, [...]

  Post Tagged with awkwardness, change, constructive living, depression, proverbs, transition
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  The obstacle course of unwanted progress.

  Posted on June 10, 2010 by Kat French in managing attention

  Sometimes change feels like a maze where you’re blocked at every turn. But sometimes, you have to hit a dead end to find the path forward you were too stubborn to seek.

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  There are no hopeless cases.

  Posted on April 2, 2010 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  This could easily be a really sad story. There’s no natural explanation for why it isn’t. That’s what makes it powerful. Change happens. There are no hopeless cases where God is concerned.

  Post Tagged with change, comfort, depression, freedom, gospel, marriage, peace, recovery, redemption, suicide, transformation
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  Please pardon this Facebook-related rant.

  Posted on February 10, 2010 by Kat French in relationships

  There’s too much actual work that needs to be done to see this world transformed into something better to pat ourselves on the back for copying and pasting a Facebook status.

  Post Tagged with activism, change, facebook, memes, social media
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  Admitting you suck is the beginning of wisdom

  Posted on January 13, 2010 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  Having identified the actual cause of the problem is a good thing. Knowing that the actual cause of the problem is you, is also a good thing.

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  As the philosopher Jagger once said…

  Posted on July 31, 2009 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  “You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need.” — The Rolling Stones. Plans are lovely. Goals are wonderful. Everyone should have lots of plans and goals, and work diligently towards them. Honestly, that diligence alone–win, lose or draw on the outcomes–sculpts your character. [...]

  Post Tagged with career, change, counterintuitive truth, transitions
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