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I am, admittedly, a person who admires the handiwork of etiquette guides. Call me old fashioned, but there’s something refreshing about good manners and people who acknowledge them (those who write etiquette books) and who exercise them (the few and far between who circulate somewhere out there). Aside from a long, mind-clearing run, nothing perks [...]

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The pursuit of imperfection

I called my mentor in a state of panic the other afternoon. I’d been procrastinating with my writing, allowing deadlines to draw dangerously close before a project was completed. This game of Russian roulette didn’t just puzzle me; it also exhausted my mental and physical capacities. And I couldn’t figure out why I’d hold a [...]

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