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	<description>running towards the things that matter, like boys &#38; whiskey &#38; stuff.</description>
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		<title>By: Karina</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey there, I&#039;m new to your blog and am digging the visual elements but no surprise there, since you&#039;re a designer!

Have to give out an AMEN to the bit about focus. And it IS hard to tell yourself that you are going to expend your energy/talent/focus on one specific things when there are so many out there just begging for your time as well, but if you spread yourself out, I find that you wind up feeling like NOTHING is getting accomplished or at least, not in the way you want to accomplish them.

Thanks for your work, I&#039;m definitely subscribing. Very new to this blog thing, btw, but I am trying to...focus...on it more :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey there, I&#8217;m new to your blog and am digging the visual elements but no surprise there, since you&#8217;re a designer!</p>
<p>Have to give out an AMEN to the bit about focus. And it IS hard to tell yourself that you are going to expend your energy/talent/focus on one specific things when there are so many out there just begging for your time as well, but if you spread yourself out, I find that you wind up feeling like NOTHING is getting accomplished or at least, not in the way you want to accomplish them.</p>
<p>Thanks for your work, I&#8217;m definitely subscribing. Very new to this blog thing, btw, but I am trying to&#8230;focus&#8230;on it more <img src='http://www.alifeintranslation.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: dummy</title>
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		<dc:creator>dummy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Easier said than done. I always lived pessimistically and it had served me well. No expectation, so worries, just wait for your time to die. I eat all I want, don&#039;t expect any finer things in life and return none as well. I do work just enough to live my life. WHY CAN&#039;T YOU is not for everyone, its only for those who wants more in life than they already have. For those people I wish all the best.

Just in case your wondering why I even bothered to comment at all. Well, its simple answer, I felt like it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Easier said than done. I always lived pessimistically and it had served me well. No expectation, so worries, just wait for your time to die. I eat all I want, don&#8217;t expect any finer things in life and return none as well. I do work just enough to live my life. WHY CAN&#8217;T YOU is not for everyone, its only for those who wants more in life than they already have. For those people I wish all the best.</p>
<p>Just in case your wondering why I even bothered to comment at all. Well, its simple answer, I felt like it.</p>
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		<title>By: Simple Living News Update: Week of October 5th</title>
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		<dc:creator>Simple Living News Update: Week of October 5th</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: What Am I Waiting For? &#171; The Fight Sequence</title>
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		<dc:creator>What Am I Waiting For? &#171; The Fight Sequence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I read this post by Jamie over at A Life in Translation (which by the way is a definite recommended read). Its [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Ari</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Jamie! 

Such good advice. As always, you are an inspiration. As someone who has a bunch of fires on the stove, I&#039;ve been trying to really narrow down my focus. My question for you is, when you finally picked yours, what did you do first? How did you start &quot;becoming the best&quot;? Any advice for those of us in this beginning stage?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Jamie! </p>
<p>Such good advice. As always, you are an inspiration. As someone who has a bunch of fires on the stove, I&#8217;ve been trying to really narrow down my focus. My question for you is, when you finally picked yours, what did you do first? How did you start &#8220;becoming the best&#8221;? Any advice for those of us in this beginning stage?</p>
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		<title>By: Lance Haun</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lance Haun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Probably the clearest point is number one. People say that to you because they don&#039;t know what they want. Or they think they would want something like that but haven&#039;t actually thought about it. 

And while a certain part of me wants to say that people fear the unknown, the uncomfortable and the work necessary to make their desires happen, they mostly fear that their life lacks direction or purpose and that making something happen defines that direction (which yes, certainty defining direction can be scary as well). 

I wouldn&#039;t trade my life for anyone else&#039;s. The only way anyone gets there is by living on purpose rather than waiting for life to reveal purpose. 

Enjoyed this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Probably the clearest point is number one. People say that to you because they don&#8217;t know what they want. Or they think they would want something like that but haven&#8217;t actually thought about it. </p>
<p>And while a certain part of me wants to say that people fear the unknown, the uncomfortable and the work necessary to make their desires happen, they mostly fear that their life lacks direction or purpose and that making something happen defines that direction (which yes, certainty defining direction can be scary as well). </p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t trade my life for anyone else&#8217;s. The only way anyone gets there is by living on purpose rather than waiting for life to reveal purpose. </p>
<p>Enjoyed this.</p>
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		<title>By: Kerri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kerri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep, exactly. Makes sense now after thinking about it that way...as I said Cath&#039;s comment below helped me see it in that light :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep, exactly. Makes sense now after thinking about it that way&#8230;as I said Cath&#8217;s comment below helped me see it in that light <img src='http://www.alifeintranslation.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Ashley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ashley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Without being insensitive, your husband, mortgage and baby on the way are the choices you have made.  I think what Jamie is saying is that we all have choices; you still have a choice, in all actuality, but you are choosing to stay settled with a husband, mortgage and baby, which is where your priorities lie.  If your priority were to live in Italy, you simply would make it happen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Without being insensitive, your husband, mortgage and baby on the way are the choices you have made.  I think what Jamie is saying is that we all have choices; you still have a choice, in all actuality, but you are choosing to stay settled with a husband, mortgage and baby, which is where your priorities lie.  If your priority were to live in Italy, you simply would make it happen.</p>
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		<title>By: Kerri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kerri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Rahul, I will check that out! 

Also, I think reading Cath&#039;s point below made me think of things from a different perspective -- that it&#039;s all just a matter of wanting what I currently have  (family, home, stability) more than the things that I &quot;want&quot; (traveling abroad, going where the wind takes me)...but something tells me the article that you&#039;re pointing me too will shed light on the fact that yes, it&#039;s possible to do both and have the best of both worlds. I mean, what, I can&#039;t travel with a baby bjorn AND a backpack? :) Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Rahul, I will check that out! </p>
<p>Also, I think reading Cath&#8217;s point below made me think of things from a different perspective &#8212; that it&#8217;s all just a matter of wanting what I currently have  (family, home, stability) more than the things that I &#8220;want&#8221; (traveling abroad, going where the wind takes me)&#8230;but something tells me the article that you&#8217;re pointing me too will shed light on the fact that yes, it&#8217;s possible to do both and have the best of both worlds. I mean, what, I can&#8217;t travel with a baby bjorn AND a backpack? <img src='http://www.alifeintranslation.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Rubi Torres</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rubi Torres</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post!  Thanks.  I have translated to my Ecuadorian readers ...  http://bit.ly/2M2xZX</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post!  Thanks.  I have translated to my Ecuadorian readers &#8230;  <a href="http://bit.ly/2M2xZX" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/2M2xZX</a></p>
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