Our decisions in life, what we change about ourselves and how we choose to react, are no one’s responsibility but our own. But because the mind often rebels against what we know in our souls to be positive changes, putting a plan of improvement or action can be difficult. One very useful tool to help bring about change is to make a contract with yourself. A self contract, like any contract, is a formal written commitment and can be drafted for an infinite number of reasons. It is a contract between you and yourself that can act as a guide, a motivator, a means to enact self-improvement, or a way of making peace with yourself. You choose an aspect of your life you would like to focus on and then lay out in clear language what you want to do, how you will do it, and if you wish, a timetable. [Read more →]

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i’m standing in an aisle looking for some clear eyes
and i’m overwhelmed by the entire row full of different kinds

unnecessary

just before i drove past the used-to-be bakery
converted to a now dentistry
where all my childhood cakes came from

and it’s realizations like this that make my eyes swell
that remind me to finally go to rite aid and buy the mother fucking eye drops
i wanted for months now
too bad they don’t get the blue out

Written/contributed by Anita Siraki

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“OMG, you left the key in the door, we could have been ax-murdered in the middle of the night!”

Christina Lyons

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Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have Electricity
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Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can’t Be Wrong!
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Arizona: But It’s A Dry Heat
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Arkansas: Literacy Ain’t Everything
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California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
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Colorado: If You Don’t Ski, Don’t Bother
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Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy’s Don’t Own It yet
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Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water
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Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
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Georgia: We Put The “Fun” In Fundamentalist Extremism
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Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)
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Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes…Well, Okay, We’re Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
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Illinois: Please Don’t Pronounce the “S”
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Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
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Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
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Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States
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Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
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Louisiana: We’re Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That’s Our Tourism Campaign
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Maine: We’re Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
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Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
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Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden’s (For Most Tax Brackets)
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Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians
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Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes..And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
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Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
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Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
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Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing Crazies, and Very Little Else
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Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest
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Nevada: Hookers and Poker!
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New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
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New Jersey : You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right here!
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New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets
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New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent; You Have The Right To An Attorney…
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North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
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North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
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Ohio: At Least We’re Not Michigan
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Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing
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Oregon: Spotted Owl…It’s What’s For Dinner
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Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
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Rhode Island: We’re Not REALLY An Island
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South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn’t Actually Surrender
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South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
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Tennessee: The Educashun State
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Texas: Sí, Hablo Ingles
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Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
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Vermont: Yep
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Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don’t Mix?
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Washington: We have more rain than you do
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Washington, D.C. : Wanna Be Mayor?
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West Virginia: One Big Happy Family…Really!
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Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese
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Wyoming: Where Men Are Men…And The Sheep Are Scared
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