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Aura E. Martinez
- Feb 2, 2017
- 3 min
Know Your Limits and Respect Them
Last week and this week, so far, have been challenging weeks between flying a lot and finalizing my manuscript which I must say, I have high respect for editors because editing your own work even after your work has been edited is not easy. It can be challenging juggling many things at once. It is great to have many goals and if I were to list the ones I have at this moment, you would agree that they are a lot. The exhaustion I felt, my eyeballs hurting from all the reading a
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Aura E. Martinez
- Aug 3, 2015
- 2 min
“Uplift Yourself”
Today as I’m sipping on my favorite brand of tea “Yogi tea”, I read the message that comes with the tea and it reads “Uplift others and uplift yourself”. The part that caught my attention was the “uplift yourself”. With so much that is going on in my life, it can be quite a challenge to uplift myself as I am sure that it is the same for others as well and so I thought of this importance after I read this. There will be times in your life where others may not necessarily be th
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Aura E. Martinez
- Jun 25, 2015
- 3 min
The Importance of Taking Breaks
Some may have probably realized that last week I didn’t post on my blog. That is because I was giving myself a break since I am also working on other projects. This little break that I took made me think about the importance of taking breaks and this is what I will be discussing in today’s post. It’s great to have momentum. Momentum keeps things going, however, it seems like in today’s world we have become like the energizer bunny that just keeps going and going without stopp
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Aura E. Martinez
- Mar 3, 2015
- 3 min
Are You Making Daily Deposits to Your Health?
This past weekend was a very stressful weekend to the point that I thought I was going to have a breakdown. I have had a lot going on caring for a loved one and it can be very overwhelming if one is not careful. And why did it get to this point? Because this weekend made me realize one thing that I am asking you today, are you making daily deposits to your health? This weekend I realized that for some time I had stopped making my usual deposits to my health and when we do thi
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