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The first issue of Writing, In Practice
 • Leslie Kern
Introducing "Writing, In Practice"
As I shared in my last post, I’m going to be retiring the trusty Perfectly Cromulent newsletter soon.
 • Leslie Kern
Change is inevitable
Over the last few months I’ve found it helpful to repeat a Buddhist concept to myself, probably at least once a day and often in my journals, too:
 • Leslie Kern
Turning forgetfulness into mindfulness
If you’re around my age (which is 50, as if I haven’t talked about THAT enough in this newsletter!), you probably find yourself forgetting things here…
 • Leslie Kern
Sometimes you really need a plan
With time off over the holidays coming up, I plan to take advantage of a lack of meetings and other work to do some of my own writing.
 • Leslie Kern
Why I love a year-end reflection
It’s been rightly pointed out that New Year’s resolutions are not often kept (see “Quitter’s Day”) and that the significance of the turn of the year is…
 • Leslie Kern
Cozy reading season!
My recs for books, podcasts, tv shows and movies to cozy up with this month
 • Leslie Kern
Perfectly Cromulent
Perfectly Cromulent
A newsletter sharing perfectly cromulent essays about advice—giving it, taking it, trashing it—from a self-help optimist in a pessimist's world.
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