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Tips, tricks and observations about living an ordered life, despite being arguably crazy. If you have issues with focus and attention, these posts might be helpful. Or at least entertaining.

The Grace of Not Being Wonderful
Posted on May 19, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life
I was making breakfast, cracking the eggs into the battered somewhat-non-stick skillet, and trying to balance it on the old electric burner so that the eggs wouldn’t run into each other too much. Attempting to flip them without breaking the yolks so I could deliver them to The Man & The Girl in perfect, over-medium [...]

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Steamboats, Who Gets There First & Who Gets the Credit
Posted on May 16, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life
I was doing some research for a content strategy project this week for the Belle of Louisville. Since I’ve become obsessed with steampunk stuff, working on a project that features the oldest still-operating steam-powered riverboat is PRETTY DARN COOL. But I digress. In doing the research, I read something really sad. Robert Fulton is widely [...]

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The Enneagram @ an Ad Agency or Web Dev
Posted on May 8, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships
Why is it that the tics of personality that others share with you irritate you so much more than the ones they have that you don’t? My workplace and personal relationships are a mixed bag of enneagram and Myers Briggs types. Whenever I get completely exasperated with someone, it’s almost always a Four or INFP [...]

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It’s Entirely Possible I’m Getting Dumber
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life
Have you ever read old entries from a paper journal or blog? Gone back and read posts you put on a message board? Only to discover to your dismay that the you that you were then seems a lot smarter than the you that you are now? That’s kind of depressing, isn’t it? I mean, [...]

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Bring on Monday. Please?
Posted on April 23, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life, relationships
So, last Friday, started out with my card being declined when I tried to pick up coffee on my way into work. I gratefully accepted the sympathy latte from the kind folks at Bean Street. (Do me a favor? If you’re in the vicinity of Highlander Point in Floyds Knobs, stop by and send some [...]

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Torn Between Passion and Peace
Posted on April 5, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships
I know. That headline. It sounds like I swiped it from the blurb on the back of a romance novel, doesn’t it? Actually, romance novels are a good place to start with this post. I used to read them years ago. There’s some interesting psychology at play in the writing of a romance novel. Women [...]

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