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Smile at Strangers: And Other Lessons in the Art of Living Fearlessly | Susan Schorn
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Eat, pray . . . kick ass. Delivered with self-deprecating candor, Schorn's life lessons learned at the dojo will resonate with anyone who's ever tried to remodel a house, raise kids, cope with a health crisis, navigate office politics or hyperventilatedessentially anyone who's ever been slammed on the mat while testing for the black belt of life. Like the fighter herself, you can't put this one down.Mary Moore, author of The Unexpected When You're Expecting Susan Schorn led an anxious life. For no clear reason, she had become progressively paralyzed by fear. Fed up with feeling powerless, she took up karate. She learned how to say no and how to fight when you have to (even in the dark). Karate taught her how to persuade her husband to wear a helmet, best one bossy Girl Scout troop leader, and set boundaries with an over-sharing boss. Here this double black belt recounts a fighting, biting, laughing woman's journey on the road to living fearlesslywhere enlightenment is as much about embracing absurdity and landing a punch as about finding that perfect method of meditation. Full of hilarious hijinks and tactical wisdom, Schorn's quest for a more satisfying life features practicaland often counterintuitivelessons about safety and self defense. Smile at strangers, she says. Question your habits, your fears, your self-criticism: Self-criticism is easy. Self-improvement is hard. And dont forget this essential gem: Everybody wants to have adventures. Whether they know it or not. Join the adventure in these pages, and come through it poised to have more of your own.
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I've been working on this for days and haven't been able to get it perfect. Perhaps my therapist is right and it's not "mild" OCD but rather full blown. Eh, I want to stay delusional for a while longer ?Anyways, I still don't feel this is perfect, but it's me so there you go.

LauraBeth Love your list - First gen college graduate 🙌🙌 Me too! 7y
charissharpe I prefer doing the laundry to doing the dishes too! 😂 7y
monalyisha First gen college student & religious studies (& English lit) major! 👯 7y
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LibrarianJen @LauraBeth @monalyisha 🙌🏼🙌🏼🎓 @conversationswithcharis dishes are so gross. 7y
kspenmoll Love your list! Its not easy to put yourself out there, but I am glad you did. Keep daydreaming! I am a total Coffee lover☕️☕️ 7y
LibrarianJen Thank you @kspenmoll ! ☕️ 7y
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Yeah - I'm not good at being quite either, lol.

Texasblues Quiet. Stupid autocorrect. 8y
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