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		<title>What’s in a Title?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recently, my wife and I attended a celebration for a dear friend and his wife on their first wedding anniversary. They brought together relatives, friends, and colleagues. My friend is a semi-retired dentist, and he seated us with some of his fellow dentists. It was...]]></description>
		
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		<title>One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I came across a line from Albert Camus recently and couldn’t shake it. “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” In case the story has faded since school, Sisyphus was a king who angered the Greek gods. His punishment was to push an enormous boulder up a...]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Gets You Going?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 13:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For most of my working life, motivation was never a question. It came built in. There was a deadline to meet, a client to serve, a goal to hit, a next rung on the ladder. Somebody else usually set the target, and I went after...]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Is Your Default Setting?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pnicita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every phone and computer comes with factory settings. Over time, we install programs, change preferences, and make adjustments until the device behaves very differently from the day it came out of the box. People work much the same way. Life fills us with experiences of...]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Walk Through Fire</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pnicita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 13:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve shared a bit about my ongoing quest to work on areas of my life that need attention. I&#8217;m not shy about putting my discomfort on the page, hoping it will either give you food for thought or, at the very least, a good laugh...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Things I Don’t Understand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are so many things I don’t understand. Start with algebra, physics, computer programming&#8230;the list is endless. Truth be told, I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about them other than the occasional nod acknowledging my lack. When it comes to people in retirement,...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do I Matter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Do I matter?” It’s a big question. I think we knew that we mattered while our children were little. I think we knew as we supported our families. I think we knew as we were engaged in our careers. But now? Last week, I sat...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When Does It Get Easier?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a presumption that life, after the cessation of your career, gets easier. I suppose, it’s true in certain ways. The responsibilities of leadership, competition, earning, running a business or practice, or being at the forefront of your specialty change. They go away! Poof!...]]></description>
		
		
		
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