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Top 17 of 2017

On December 26, 2017December 26, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts5 Comments

I hope you all had wonderful Christmas, that you managed to find time to relax, breathe and think, but also to be, fully consciously be, with your family and with yourselves. I have a feeling I'm late to the party on this one, or at least cutting it very fine, but here's my list of …

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How I failed and plan to get back on track

On May 4, 2017April 29, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts6 Comments

Last Friday was the day I finally failed... I was on book buying ban from the beginning of the year and I thought the lovely Easter gifts I got will keep me on the straight and narrow, but I finally yielded to the temptation. I mentioned in few posts before that surprisingly I read a …

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