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Honesty Quotes

Soulful Quotes A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.  ~Charles Edward Montague,...

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Day 9: The 100% Honesty Project

Clay Chimenea It has been a few days since my last Truth Experiment Update and I have oodles to share.   So far, the experience has been mostly positive, though at times, uncomfortable.  I’ll start...

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Day 11: Honesty Project — Why Weird is Brave

I’ve been sick all day which has given me a lot of time to do nothing but watch movies, suck on 27 cough drops and lay around thinking about life.  Today, I was prepared to write a long post about...

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Time to Get Naked

Whenever taking on a new project or making a major life change, my thinking becomes clouded and fuzzy.  In conversation, I stutter over finding the right words to express myself and, in mid-sentence,...

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Day 21: How to Give Honest (but Friendly) Feedback

photo credit: Buzzfeed, Dave Stropera This little social experiment has given birth to some incredible conversations about fear and authenticity.  In one of these conversation a friend recently...

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Day 26: What is the Purpose?

I had coffee with a friend yesterday who asked me what my end goal is.  What is the purpose of this blog?  I had such a hard time articulating my response.  I had difficulty because part of my purpose...

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Day 28: Do Just One Thing

  Some days, from the moment I wake up until the time I go to sleep, are just plain bad.  No matter how much positive thinking I do, I can’t shake the negativity.  It’s like the 24-hr-cold of emotion....

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Day 42: The Lies We Tell Ourselves

Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus The Minimalists I met these great guys last Saturday.  Their names are Josh and Ryan and they write a blog about minimalism.  Well.  It’s not really about...

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Day 69: How Honesty Builds Courage

This was my Weekend I stand watching four handsome firemen extinguish my car engine, which had spontaneously caught fire at 70 mph on the freeway. Are you f-ing kidding me? Nope. That’s really what...

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Day 99: Success in Slow Motion

I’ve been away from writing for so long I feel as though I need to report to you everything that has happened in my absence.  In truth, I don’t.  Suffice it to say that being unemployed is a mixed bag...

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Day 205: The Struggle

I’m really struggling with this honesty thing.  It feels… emotionally dangerous.  It’s not that I’ve blatantly lied.  I haven’t.  I’ve just stopped sharing so much. I get it now.  I get why people...

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