Pursue a hobby.

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"It almost seems unfair when you make your profession a hobby as well.  Then it's hard to tell whether you are doing it to make money or doing it for fun.  The joy comes from knowing it is both." --Richard L. Weaver II

Day #290 - Pursue a hobby.

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Think of yourself as unique.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread.  Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique." --Anonymous

Day #289 - Think of yourself as unique.

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Train your mind.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live." --Mortimer Adler

Day #288 - Train your mind.

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Use times of great challenge for both challenge and motivation.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds.  The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm." --Charles Caleb Colton

Day #287 - Use times of great stress for both challenge and motivation.

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Look for satisfaction in the little things.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Life is made up of small pleasures.  Happiness is made up of those tiny successes.  The big ones come too infrequently.  And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything." --Norman Lear

Day #286 - Look for satisfaction in the little things.

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Keep learning.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"I am learning all the time.  My tombstone will be my diploma." --Eartha Kitt

"It's a great pity that things weren't so arranged that an empty head, like an empty stomach, wouldn't let its owner rest until he put something in it." --Olin Miller


Day #283 - Keep learning.

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Don't take yourself too seriously.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." --Bill Watterson

Day #282 - Don't take yourself too seriously.

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Day #209 - Support your government, but remain skeptical.

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"No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades---that of government.  ---Socrates

Day #209 - Support your government, but remain skeptical..

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