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Doing what you love?
Posted on 04. Oct, 2011 by chaze.
I was about 19, I had a pretty good job as a manager at the Sears store in Napa. Over 4 years the store went through three owners. They where all great people that taught me a lot and allowed me to be myself. After starting junior college and working my way through a wine [...]
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Hiking
Posted on 29. Sep, 2011 by chaze.
Growing up in Napa we where so lucky to have tons of amazing hiking spots all over. These spots where not just dusty trails, we had frog mating grounds, rope swings, overgrown root trees you could hide in, waterfalls, huge redwood trees, rivers, and crystallized rocks with a view over all of Calistoga (north Napa [...]
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Funk
Posted on 31. Aug, 2011 by chaze.
In a funk: Depressed or upset. In a rut: to do the same things all the time so that you become bored, or to be in a situation where it is impossible to make progress We have all been there, most of us many times. No matter what we do everything feels the same. You [...]
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Patience
Posted on 20. Aug, 2011 by chaze.
pa·tience noun \?p?-sh?n(t)s\ “Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level of endurance one’s character can take before negativity. [...]
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Diffuse your anger with forgiveness
Posted on 28. Jun, 2011 by chaze.
“Diffuse your anger with forgiveness.” We all get angry and upset at times, even at the people who are our nearest and dearest. Imagine what would happen if you stayed angry and shut them out of your life forever. Your world would never be the same. Forgiveness diffuses anger. Forgiveness strengthens character. So, even though [...]
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Is a debt-free life the best way to live?
Posted on 26. Jun, 2011 by chaze.
Granted, debt can lead to big problems for individuals as well as countries, witness Greece’s woes. But that doesn’t mean that everyone has a realistic shot at living a debt-free life, or that they should even aspire to do so. Take me, for example. I’m particularly leery about taking on debt, but I have a [...]
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Love
Posted on 13. Feb, 2011 by chaze.
Love, what is this mysterious feeling or emotion that causing people to die, to come alive, and to become more then they ever imagined. Is love what constitutes marriage and life long partnership or is love really a disease or drug like emotion that needs to be cured? First I think it helps to understand [...]


