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		<title>My son broke up with his girlfriend</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son called me from college last night.  He was sad because the girl he had been seeing has decided it would be wise to break off their romance.  He had seen it coming, because they were going to different colleges with a large distance between them.  When they first started dating they had talked [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My son called me from college last night.  He was sad because the girl he had been seeing has decided it would be wise to break off their romance.  He had seen it coming, because they were going to different colleges with a large distance between them.  When they first started dating they had talked about how this might happen, and they agreed that they would still be friends afterwards.  But that is harder to actually DO than SAY!</p>
<p>So, we talked about some different strategies on surviving the break up.  We talked about how he needed to take some time to heal emotionally, and avoid any kind of rebound romance.</p>
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		<title>Drop boxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve noticed that quite a lot of people use mailboxes for other uses other than as a receptacle to hold incoming and outgoing mail. Mail boxes are being used by some places as drop boxes. The first time I saw a mailbox being used in that manner was by my mother-in-law. She had set [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently I&#8217;ve noticed that quite a lot of people use <a href="http://www.mailboxpoint.com">mailboxes</a> for other uses other than as a receptacle to hold incoming and outgoing mail. <a href="http://www.mailboxpoint.com">Mail boxes</a> are being used by some places as drop boxes. The first time I saw a <a href="http://www.mailboxpoint.com">mailbox</a> being used in that manner was by my mother-in-law. She had set up an arrangement with some clients of her book-keeping business to use padlocks on<br />
<a href="http://www.mailboxpoint.com">residential mailboxes</a> and use them as ways to deliver and safely store clients records.</p>
<p>The first time I noticed that type of arrangement was when I saw my mother-in-law was using a mailbox with a padlock on it as a drop box. She had a padlock on the box, and she explained that the office&#8217;s courier had a copy of the key so he could pick up and deliver correspondence independently of the US Postal service.</p>
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		<title>Making the best decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article written by Alonso Kramer I was trying to use thewww.texaselectricityproviders.com/ website to figure out what the best options were for my energy utilities. I really need something I can rely on. At my one of my old houses, we had some problems with the provider. My husband and I always felt like we were [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The article written by Alonso Kramer</p>
<p>I was trying to use the<a href="http://www.texaselectricityproviders.com/reliant-energy-texas/Texas/">www.texaselectricityproviders.com/</a> website to figure out what the best options were for my energy utilities. I really need something I can rely on. At my one of my old houses, we had some problems with the provider. My husband and I always felt like we were being overcharged and it seemed like the electricity would cut out randomly for what seemed like no reason. We both decided we really wanted to do our research for the next house and avoid the same problem. We are set to move into our new house next month. We are both really excited. It is a lot bigger and a lot nicer than our first house together. However, since it is so big, I am a bit concerned about the price of our utilities and if we can handle it. My husband told me that he really thinks we will be fine. I just get a bit concerned because electricity is essential. I do not want to be strained for money so making the decision for the most cost-efficient and reliable source would be ideal for me right now.</p>
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		<title>A touch of class</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite things to do is watch Home and Garden Television shows about making your house better looking. One of my favorite shows is called &#8220;Curb Appeal.&#8221; The show is designed to take a hum-drum boring looking house and make it look outstanding. I enjoy learning about different ways to make a house [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my favorite things to do is watch Home and Garden Television shows about making your house better looking. One of my favorite shows is called &#8220;Curb Appeal.&#8221; The show is designed to take a hum-drum boring looking house and make it look outstanding. I enjoy learning about different ways to make a house look nicer. One of the ways a homeowner can improve their curb appeal is by putting one of the many good looking <a href="http://www.gainesmailboxesdirect.com/">Gaines Mailboxes</a> curbside. There are a large variety of <a href="http://www.gainesmailboxesdirect.com/">Classic Mailboxes</a> and <a href="http://www.gainesmailboxesdirect.com/">Keystone Mailboxes</a> available for sale on the Internet. All are USPS approved, and some websites offer free shipping.</p>
<p>The website I was looking at today that sells these mailboxes and offers free shipping is gainesmailboxesdirect.com. I was looking for a rural mailbox that might offer some theft protection features and saw that this website sells locking inserts for the mailboxes that they sell. I have never seen anything like that before; I think that is a good idea! There have been a few times when I have worried that just putting our mail in the mailbox was not protecting us from unscrupulous characters that might get into some of the mail and attempt some identify theft schemes. Having our incoming mail go into a locking insert would make it just a little bit harder for some unauthorized person to snatch and grab the mail quickly. </p>
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		<title>Take the time to learn the details</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all of the gadgets that are on the market, it is worth your while to really check out the details before you go out and spend a lot of money on one of the new digital camcorders. A couple of years ago I had a camcorder that used a tape to record performances, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With all of the gadgets that are on the market, it is worth your while to really check out the details before you go out and spend a lot of money on one of the new <a href="http://www.thesource.ca/estore/category.aspx?language=en-CA&#038;catalog=Online&#038;category=digital-camcorders">digital camcorders</a>. A couple of years ago I had a camcorder that used a tape to record performances, and the tape length was ninety minutes. Well I started to have trouble with the batteries not keeping a charge, and I bought new batteries. Even the new ones would not keep a charge, so I decided it was time to invest in a digital one. I had no idea what exactly all of the terms meant, and I ended up buying one that would only record about ten minutes before needing to insert a new disk. That was very upsetting to me because I wanted to be able to record my kids recitals and school plays, which lasted a lot longer than ten minutes! So, do your research, lesson learned!</p>
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		<title>A moving story</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I daydream about selling my house and moving to a far away exotic country, I always snap back to reality with the thought of all of the work involved in packaging up my household and sorting through the listings of Removal Companies to find the best Removalists to entrust with my belongings. My dear friend Alecia [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whenever I daydream about selling my house and moving to a far away exotic country, I always snap back to reality with the thought of all of the work involved in packaging up my household and sorting through the listings of <a href="http://www.auremovals.com/">Removal Companies</a> to find the best <a href="http://www.auremovals.com/">Removalists</a> to entrust with my belongings. My dear friend Alecia moved recently from one end of town to the other and the company that did her <a href="http://www.auremovals.com/">Removals</a> broke one of her antique tables right in half. She was showing me the damaged table last weekend when I went to her place for lunch with the other ladies of the garden club.</p>
<p>We all agreed that it was a darn shame that her table was ruined, and to make it even worse the company refused to pay her anywhere near the value of the table because they said it was so old that it wasn&#8217;t worth anything! And then they said that a little bit of carpenter&#8217;s glue would fix it as good as new. Obviously that was very distressing to Alecia, and she was asking us what course of action we thought she could take. Since she had not had the table appraised before the move, we agreed that there probably was not a whole lot that she could do other than to take the table to a restoration company and ask them to fix it as best as they can.</p>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t cut your hair so short!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems to me that whenever I tell one of my sons that their hair is starting to look really good, they run off to the barber shop to get a haircut. Having been in high school in the early 1970&#8242;s, I&#8217;ve grown to enjoy a man&#8217;s hair cut to be a little bit on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems to me that whenever I tell one of my sons that their hair is starting to look really good, they run off to the barber shop to get a haircut. Having been in high school in the early 1970&#8242;s, I&#8217;ve grown to enjoy a man&#8217;s hair cut to be a little bit on the longish side. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I am not endorsing hair that is long enough to cover the ears, I just have never been a big fan of a crew-cut or a &#8220;skin head&#8221; look. When the Ken and Allen dolls came out, I liked the longer cut of Allen&#8217;s hair instead of the crew cut of Ken&#8217;s hair. </p>
<p>As far as I&#8217;m concerned, a guy has a better chance to <a href="http://www.attractwomen.com">attract women</a> if a guy has a little bit of hair on his head. Now I&#8217;m not saying anything negative about guys who are balding; if they have a good hair cut that is not a turn-off at all. But I like a guy who has a little bit of curl in his hair, and my boys have curly hair. So when they cut their hair so short that you don&#8217;t see any of the curl at all, it makes me sad because I think that they are trying to repel women, not attract them!</p>
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		<title>Littermaid self cleaning litter box</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I heard about my brother&#8217;s problem about his house smelling bad because of the troubles he is having with his cat adapting to moving to his new house, I bought him one of those Littermaid self cleaning litter boxes, hoping that would help with the cat urine problem he said he is having. I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I heard about my brother&#8217;s problem about his house smelling bad because of the troubles he is having with his cat adapting to moving to his new house, I bought him one of those Littermaid self cleaning litter boxes, hoping that would help with the cat urine problem he said he is having.</p>
<p>I have one of those Littermaid self cleaning litter boxes, and I love it!  You have to use premium clumping kitty litter in it, which I use anyway.  There is a motion detector in the box that detects when the cat is in the box, and after ten minutes, the rake activates and sweeps the clumps into the covered container.  The only issue that I have with the litter box is the expense of the disposable trays.  The original intent of the manufacturer is to have you throw the tray away every time it is full.  That gets really expensive, really fast!  I have to empty the tray twice a week!  I have found that the plastic shopping bags that I get from Wal-Mart are the perfect size to line the trays.  So, I line the trays with a plastic shopping bag and when the tray is full, I tie the shopping bag closed and throw it away, line the tray again with a fresh bag, and put the tray back into the litter box.  That way one of the trays lasts for several months before it falls apart.</p>
<p>I found a cool website that sells furniture custom made to hide litter boxes.  I found one that I liked and bought it to hide our litter box in.  I love it!  When people come to visit us, they don&#8217;t even realize that we have a cat!  They don&#8217;t see or smell the litter box, and our cat is so shy that when strangers come to the house, he runs and hides under our bed.</p>
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		<title>Bedding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I think about buying new bedding, I remember that so many consumer advocate groups recommend putting off buying bedding until the white sales in January. Recently we did some rearranging of furniture and ended up deciding to move one twin size mattress and box spring set  downstairs and store it under the stairway, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whenever I think about buying new bedding, I remember that so many consumer advocate groups recommend putting off buying bedding until the white sales in January. Recently we did some rearranging of furniture and ended up deciding to move one twin size mattress and box spring set  downstairs and store it under the stairway, but I want to get zippered mattress covers to put on them to protect them from moisture, rodents, and bugs.</p>
<p>Heaven knows that I sure hope we don&#8217;t have rodents and bugs down there, but the realist in me acknowledges that we probably DO have some of those critters down there, which is why I am reluctant to store the mattress and box springs down there in the first place. But truth is, we just don&#8217;t have any other good place to store them, and we have not used them in a long time. Come to think of it, I bought them back in 1977, so if the critters and moisture ruin them I really shouldn&#8217;t be too upset about it; I have certainly got my money&#8217;s worth out of them!</p>
<p>Since storage space is an issue, I have not quite decided what to do with the bed skirts that I was using for that set. Donating it to a thrift shop is an option, but I was wondering if I could repurpose it in some way. Yes, I&#8217;m one of those pack rats that hates to part with anything, thinking that it can be used in the future. For example, I bet I could use the ruffles on a handmade quilt that I might make in the future! Well, that settles that; I&#8217;ll store it with my quilting supplies!</p>
<p>As for the pillowcases that were used on that bed, well those will just go into the linen closet for now and be used in the guest room when we have company. Do you think that it is true that satin pillowcases help prevent wrinkles and bed head? Maybe I&#8217;ll try them on my own bed, even though they are just standard size and my bed is king sized. If I like them well enough, maybe I&#8217;ll buy some king sized ones to keep on my bed.</p>
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		<title>Sharing can increase profitability</title>
		<link>http://maryannecarter.com/2011/10/sharing-can-increase-profitability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I think that we are very close to living the life of the popular television cartoon family from the 1960&#8242;s &#8220;The Jetsons.&#8221; So many science fiction concepts that were simply wild imaginations are so close to reality that it really is lending credence to the statement &#8220;if we can imagine it, we can do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes I think that we are very close to living the life of the popular television cartoon family from the 1960&#8242;s &#8220;The Jetsons.&#8221; So many science fiction concepts that were simply wild imaginations are so close to reality that it really is lending credence to the statement &#8220;if we can imagine it, we can do it.&#8221; One of the things that this new information age has brought forth is the concept of sharing office space.</p>
<p>There are great opportunities for small businesses to lower their costs by taking advantage of serviced offices chicago. These serviced office spaces chicago are set up so that different companies can send their employees to the location and use the facilities, just the same way that they would use their company&#8217;s brick and mortar office. This allows for more employees to actually produce more work during their work day than it would to have them spend a lot of time on the road travelling from place to place.</p>
<p>This also allows for more people to not have to dedicate a room in their own home to being a home office, giving them more space to actually live in their own homes. Not everyone has the luxury of having a spare bedroom that they can convert to a home office!</p>
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		<title>Do your research first!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems to me that there is a booming business in cash advance/payday loans in town. Every single strip mall in town has at least one business in it that offers those high-interest rate loans. Seems to me that there are some states that have made this type of lending illegal, but this state is obviously [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems to me that there is a booming business in cash advance/payday loans in town. Every single strip mall in town has at least one business in it that offers those high-interest rate loans. Seems to me that there are some states that have made this type of lending illegal, but this state is obviously not one of them!</p>
<p>From what I hear, Blue Global Media is one of the leading companies that specializes in this type of loan. This payday loan affiliate program is so large that it is part of an international affiliate network. When I think about that, I realize that this is a huge money-making business! Just knowing that so many people are turning to this type of loan sends shivers up my spine. I hope that everyone does their due diligence homework to really understand just how much money these loans really end up costing!</p>
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		<title>Life is too short</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was shocked to receive a phone call last night that the hubby of a very dear friend passed away unexpectedly in his sleep two days ago.  He was only fifty three years old, and he left behind a wife and several daughters; one being only the tender age of twelve years of age.  This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was shocked to receive a phone call last night that the hubby of a very dear friend passed away unexpectedly in his sleep two days ago.  He was only fifty three years old, and he left behind a wife and several daughters; one being only the tender age of twelve years of age.  This man had no life insurance or death benefits of any kind and was the family breadwinner.  Chances are that the family will lose their house in a few months because they do not have the resources to hold on to that. </p>
<p>This is a very sad situation and I would like to strongly encourage anyone out there that is reading this that they should buy enough life insurance to at least pay off their house should they die.</p>
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		<title>Hard to find</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past four years I have been searching the local communities for places that teach dance classes to adults. I know that I should get more exercise but I have no interest in exercise classes and exercise machines and memberships in gyms. I do enjoy physical activities like skiing and skating and dancing. When [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the past four years I have been searching the local communities for places that teach dance classes to adults. I know that I should get more exercise but I have no interest in exercise classes and exercise machines and memberships in gyms. I do enjoy physical activities like skiing and skating and dancing. When I was young and single I joined a local ski social club and had a lot of fun going on group ski trips and their monthly meetings always involved live music and dancing.</p>
<p>Once I settled down and got married those types of activities fell by the wayside as the family responsibilities took priority over my time and my wallet. I tried to get my kids interested in skiing and skating and dancing but my efforts proved fruitless. As life went on and my aging body started to object to the rigors of skiing and skating my life started to be much more sedentary.</p>
<p>A few years ago my husband was injured in an accident and is no longer able to be my dancing partner. So I decided try to take my desire to dance to a local classroom. Many years ago I took ballet and jazz dancing classes and to be honest they just weren&#8217;t very much fun anymore so I decided that I would like to learn how to belly dance.</p>
<p>I have spent many hours on the Internet doing a <span style="color: #0000ff;">local search</span> for belly dance classes but my efforts have been fruitless. From time to time I will hear of a local class but the <span style="color: #0000ff;">local business marketing</span> efforts of the class have not resulted in any hits on the Internet from my searches. If I Ever find a place that teaches belly dance locally I will be sure to recommend to them a <span style="color: #0000ff;">local search optimization company</span> to help other prospective students find them. It should not really be this hard to find a class!</p>
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		<title>Business promotion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting up a new business can be very complicated if you have never done it before. Fortunately there is a plethora of resources available to assist the entrepreneur in virtually every step of the process. One of my favorite resources is an organization known as SCORE. That is a free service from retired business executives [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Starting up a new business can be very complicated if you have never done it before. Fortunately there is a plethora of resources available to assist the entrepreneur in virtually every step of the process. One of my favorite resources is an organization known as SCORE. That is a free service from retired business executives and they give really valuable advice.</p>
<p>The only concern that I at might have with that organization is regarding their level of experience with utilizing the Internet to its highest potential. If the retired executive has been retired a long time I am not completely confident that their advice about finding a <a href="http://www.rankpop.com">cheap seo</a> would be up to date and relevant. I think I would be inclined to attend a couple of business courses about Internet marketing to make certain that I am up to date on Internet information.</p>
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		<title>Too Needy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t mind helping people once in a while. But after a point, begging for help becomes a habit. Sometimes it becomes a lifestyle. That&#8217;s just not a good thing.]]></description>
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<p>I don&#8217;t mind helping people once in a while. But after a point, begging for help becomes a habit. Sometimes it becomes a lifestyle. That&#8217;s just not a good thing.</p>
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