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		<title>Horizons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have quietly come back to San Francisco for an interview.  I&#8217;ve learned it is best not to put too much hope or energy into potential futures.  The groundwork laid for their manifestation lies in innumerable decisions and intentions stretching back for years, a little more attention from my ego isn&#8217;t going to help in any way.
However, I can see, just off in the distance, a future that is more stable and satisfying than anything I&#8217;ve had previously in my adult life.
Whatever opportunity comes my way I now feel I am in the right mindset to take action and fulfill promises to myself that I have long ignored.  I&#8217;ve had a few breaths, taken a little perspective, and weighed out the most essential and important aspects of the life I want to live.  I am free of some of the old patterns and beginning to weave new ones into my own tapestry.  Regardless of what happens today, this will be the beginning of a whole new chapter in my life.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.phiammacdeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sunrise-of-gold21.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-300" title="sunrise-of-gold2" src="http://www.phiammacdeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sunrise-of-gold21-300x280.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="280" /></a>I have quietly come back to San Francisco for an interview.  I&#8217;ve learned it is best not to put too much hope or energy into potential futures.  The groundwork laid for their manifestation lies in innumerable decisions and intentions stretching back for years, a little more attention from my ego isn&#8217;t going to help in any way.</p>
<p>However, I can see, just off in the distance, a future that is more stable and satisfying than anything I&#8217;ve had previously in my adult life.</p>
<p>Whatever opportunity comes my way I now feel I am in the right mindset to take action and fulfill promises to myself that I have long ignored.  I&#8217;ve had a few breaths, taken a little perspective, and weighed out the most essential and important aspects of the life I want to live.  I am free of some of the old patterns and beginning to weave new ones into my own tapestry.  Regardless of what happens today, this will be the beginning of a whole new chapter in my life.<!--more--><!-- Arkayne Cache: No --></p>
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		<title>Early Morning Work and Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My schedule has always been haphazard.  I sleep like a cat, meaning, essentially when I need to.  Some nights I&#8217;m up till 6am. Some days I wake at 6am, it really seems to depend on what needs to get done.  I&#8217;ve completed a round of site upgrades, plenty more to do, but at least I can now tell what&#8217;s going on with the traffic and posting to all of these channels is much simpler and easier.  I&#8217;m a WordPress expert!
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