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August 14, 2012

The Many Benefits of Alcohol-Free August

diet, goal setting, running / 14 Comments

Last weekend, I felt kind of lame about how my alcohol-free August was shaping up. As one commenter pointed out, there is a lot to do in New York… so why wasn’t I going out and doing those things? Well, for a few reasons, the first being that while there is a lot to do during the day without drinking, it’s just not really possible to run errands/go shopping/do other things on my to do list late on a Friday or Saturday night! Yes, New York is “the city that never sleeps,” but 90% of the people you see out after …

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August 1, 2012

To fake it or not to fake it?

career / 15 Comments

Yesterday, I made what was apparently a really big faux pas. While at an offsite event in Miami, I decided not to drink for the night. I know, the horror, right? But judging by how many times people asked me to explain again why I wasn’t drinking, you’d think I had committed some unforgivably rude and terrible act. I started out by explaining I wasn’t in the mood (truth), and then switched to saying I’d decided to start Alcohol-Free August early (basically truth, since I knew I wasn’t going to want to drink Tuesday night either, and then it would …

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July 30, 2012

Already thinking about next weekend

goal setting / 5 Comments

This week is the beginning of August, and ever since I decided to do Alcohol-Free August, I’ve been getting pretty excited for it to start. This weekend I had a bit of a last hurrah going to bars with friends, but now that’s probably not going to be quite such a big part of my weekends. I don’t plan to turn down nights out simply based on the fact that I won’t be drinking – it takes a lot more willpower to go and order a seltzer than to skip an event entirely, and I’m looking forward to strengthening my …

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June 26, 2012

Alcohol-Free August

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Last night, I had a fabulous time. One of my college friends, who now lives in Dallas, has a weekly get together with her girlfriends where they meet up to watch the Bachelor/ette/Pad, drink wine, and live Tweet the show. We had a great time watching and snarking, and at the end, her husband presented each of us with a rose of our own. Aww! I kept it to hang in my cube as my one-and-only decoration 🙂 Blake made an incredibly delicious (and surprisingly healthy!) dinner spread for all of us to enjoy as we watched the show – …

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June 7, 2012

Flyday to Reunion!

travel / 4 Comments

Today is Flyday, and I am super excited – despite the fact that I don’t actually get to go home for a few more days (boo). BUT the reason is an awesome one – I get to go to my five year college reunion! I just hope there is a “dunk tank” like there was at Slope Day my junior year… In addition to being incredibly psyched about the wine tour I’m going on tomorrow with a whole bunch of my friends, one of the activities I’m looking forward to most is the Reunion Run. At 7:30am, the 5 mile …

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