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Posted on June 30, 2016 by Margaret Schlachter
Someone once told me “if it scares you then you should probably try it”, in reference to personal and professional goals. While there are some things that scare me that I prefer to never try, like heroin pretty sure that is something worth being scared about, there are so many......
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Posted on June 28, 2016 by Margaret Schlachter
Forgiveness it is a word, a feeling, an action, and more. Forgiveness, self-love, and empathy all have a way of working together to create a better, happier version of ourselves. In our polarized world of today forgiveness, self-love, and empathy are often sorely lacking in our day-to-day world. According to......
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Posted on May 25, 2016 by Margaret Schlachter
Last weekend I took a 24-hour technology detox and instead of scrolling and adding likes on my Facebook feed I spent my time warding off blackflies, opening a camp in the Adirondacks for the summer, and cooking a lot of food including some we wild harvested from the woods around......
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Posted on May 18, 2016 by Margaret Schlachter
With Graduate School all but over time is suddenly more of a friend than it has been for months. Gone are the weeks of having to read over 300 pages of text for a class along with several writing assignments. Gone are my Sundays filled with papers strewn all around the......
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Posted on May 12, 2016 by Margaret Schlachter
Things have been silent at Dirt in Your Skirt since January. It’s true that my attentions have been on other projects at the moment. The biggest project has been completing graduate school. For those who have followed this website since the beginning you may or may not remember me posting......