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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Monique Brennan

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May 31, 2022

Forget Regrets, Set Up Your Second Life with this Question

We get another kick at the can before we kick the bucket

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Monique Brennan

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Jun 15, 2022

Do 20-Somethings Hold the Secret to a Meaningful Life and Retirement?

Retirees and 20-somethings want to matter at what matters to them.

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Better Humans

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Monique Brennan

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May 23, 2022

The Humiliating Moment I Should Have Been Fired

What looked like career progression on the outside had been a holding pattern for who I was on the inside

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The Shortform

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Monique Brennan

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May 17, 2022

My greatest boss motivated me with napkins

He’d fly into our offices once a month so we’d catch up over lunch. Prepared with a pen but never paper, he’d scrounge for a napkin to…

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Everything Shortform

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Monique Brennan

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May 11, 2022

Figuring out what I’m supposed to be doing in life has felt like falling in love with the boy next…

Not a lightning bolt but a comfy sort of knowing. Arranging my time around so everything else becomes an afterthought.

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Everything Shortform

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Monique Brennan

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May 9, 2022

The subtle art of not giving a f*ck in retirement, tip #3.

Strengthen your team of one!

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Everything Shortform

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Monique Brennan

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May 8, 2022

Happy on Mother’s Day for becoming the mom I needed. How we see the cards, changes the game.

My mom and I played a lot of card games; I loved those days. We haven’t played in decades. My own family plays now. One game requires…

Happy on Mother’s Day for becoming the mom I needed. How we see the cards, changes the game.

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Everything Shortform

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Monique Brennan

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May 6, 2022

The art of not giving a f*ck in retirement, tip #2. Stop spending time with the wrong people.

We share the planet with 9 billion. It’s a waste of time to be with others who don’t bring out the best in us.

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Monique Brennan

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May 4, 2022

How Not to Care What Others Think

The battle I fight every day.

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Everything Shortform

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Monique Brennan

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Apr 27, 2022

Unlike Michelle O’s book Becoming, my book would be called unbecoming.

It was easy to do back then. I’d merely become what companies needed, pliable people-pleasers. I was the best chameleon and heralded for…

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Monique Brennan

Monique Brennanshe/her

Helping journalers get more out of their journaling www.journalwithmq.com and https://substack.com/@journalwithmq

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