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January 11, 2014

How to Give Great Advice

People who give great advice are fabulous. Brush up on your skills below: 1. LISTEN. Most of the time people can come up with their own advice/plan of action. What they really need is someone to listen. When your friend is upset about a fight with their boyfriend, don’t spend 25 minutes talking about how much you hate their stupid boyfriend anyway. Simply say, “I’m sorry that happened to you. Tell me about it.” Then put away your iPhone and actually pay attention for 10 minutes. Also, offer to make tea. 2. BLANKET ADVICE. When you speak, there are a few, well-chosen sayings and questions that are applicable in almost…

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January 5, 2014

Dance Party

Just for fun let’s come up with a quick list of activities that are relevant on cold, disgusting, sleet-filled Sunday afternoons: 1. Binge-watch reality television2. Photoshop animal heads on human bodies and post online3. Make large quantities of borscht4. Organize sock drawer alphabetically according to color5. DANCE PARTY So, while these are all totally excellent options, obviously (as indicated by the cap-lock) I feel a particular affinity for option 5. Why, you ask? Several reasons– Why Dance Parties are the Best First of all, reality tv turns your brain into shallow, consumerist mush. Turn off your f***ing tv. Seriously. Second, making borscht turns your hands red. Third, I already…

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January 4, 2014

Healthy Habits

I was just scrolling through an awesome edutopia article called Cultivating Healthy Habits of Mind (in case you were curious about how teachers spend Friday night) and I thought they made some excellent points about habits: 1. A habit is a regular practice. You don’t think about habits, they are just what you do. You can improve or replace habits you don’t like, because they won’t go away on their own. 2. “We form our habits, then our habits form us” -Brain Tracy (I have no idea who this is, just giving credit where credit is due) 3. Small habits chained together are a routine. Be intentional about the routines…

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January 3, 2014

#fabulous

So I had a big pause in my social media usage this summer and fall for a ‘not fabulous’ reason. Its funny how going through a break-up can make you so much less interested in what your friends ate for breakfast/saw at the museum/did with their husbands and children. Honestly, I really enjoyed my time away the screen(s). Even as I’m taking my slow victory lap return to social media outlets, I still can’t quite deal with the way people think they know each other because of things they see posted on Facebook, etc. To clarify: someone you have never met before in your life, who you follow on Twitter,…

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January 3, 2014

Lean In

It’s hard to find time to lean in. (Side note: What IS it about stalking ex-boyfriends and random third grade semi-friends on the internet that eats up so much time? Le sigh.) Anway, in the interest of finding a different, slightly-more-productive internet black hole, I have discovered www.leanin.org As a way of introduction (just on the off chance you were living in a cave when the ‘Lean In’ book came out last spring) let me post some of the author bio from the New York Times book review here: Sheryl Sandberg has been the chief operating officer of Facebook since 2008. At 43, she has already had a storied career:…

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January 2, 2014

2014: Year of Bliss

Already, not even 20 hours into the new year, I find I am struggling with how to make 2014 my year of bliss. Going out to mimosa brunch and discussing (loudly, in front if small children) how to make the year suck less d*** than 2013 led to some revelations on my part. I think bliss, much like fabulousness, is a simple question of attitude. In order to have a wonderful year, I need to put on my best heels, smile and get ready to boogie down. When life gets in the way of my fabulous, high-heeled dance party, I need to fall back on my bliss strategies. What bliss…

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January 1, 2014

New Years Resolutions

Hi readers, I want to talk about New Years Resolutions. Here’s why: First of all, I’m sitting in the airport waiting for a much-delayed flight back to freezing cold NYC and I need something to distract me from watching the poorly-attended-to children wreaking havoc on the terminal. Second of all, it’s New’s Years Day and ringing in the holiday with a peaceful, quiet evening in Florida gave me lots of time to reflect on resolutions of years gone by. I think it speaks volumes that I can never remember my New Years resolutions from one year to the next. It must be because I do such a fabulous job of…

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December 31, 2013

Hoda and Kathy Lee: Queens of Fabulous

Hoda and Kathy Lee in the third hour of the Today Show deserve a place in any conversation about female fabulous. There’s a lot to admire and strive for within their partnership. Here are some of the reasons they are two of my favorite queens of fabulous: 1. They make me laugh. And not just any old type of laughing, but the kind I like best–“they-are-so-outrageous-in-making-totally-valid-commentary-about-life”type of laughing. 2. They know how to make fun of themselves. This is a VERY important component of being fabulous. It is NOT fabulous to be a total b*tch on wheels anytime someone brings up one of your shortcoming. It IS fabulous to understand…

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December 30, 2013

The Choice of Fabulous

Hi reader, Fabulous is a choice. It is a lifestyle and an outlook on the world that spreads through the years like butter Nutella Smart Balance on warm bread. Fabulous is a superpower. It infuses negative situations with sunshine and happiness. Read the two passages below with their descriptions: 1. I just turned 30. I’m single (recently went through a heart-breaking devastation of a break-up and now don’t know if I will ever get married, procreate, etc, thanks for asking). I live in New York City. I’m a teacher at a high needs public high school. It’s difficult and exhausting. I worry endlessly about my students and whether they have enough…

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December 30, 2013

Rhymes with Fabulous: Welcome!

Hi reader, Welcome to Rhymes with Fabulous! Just for your general information, there are not many words I can think of that actually rhyme with fabulous. Randomness? Abacus? Whatever. The point is, “Stay Fabulous”, “Live Fabulous” (also “Fabulous Live”) and the myriad of other inspiring Fabulous-type titles were taken. Such is life. We adjust. We rise above. We stay fabulous. ‘Rhymes with Fabulous’ focuses on the life and adventures of Caroline Schley. I’m a 30-ish (ahem) teacher and author and I live to find the fabulous in all that I do. I write about my travel experiences and the general quandaries of my life (mostly centered around handling life’s various…

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