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    "Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about unbecoming everything that isn't really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place."  - Unknown

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    City of Rocks
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Sep 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    City of Rocks

    Patient, plodding, a green skin growing over whatever winter did to us, a return to the strange idea of continuous living despite the...
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    Drum Roll Please: Yes, I've Changed
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Drum Roll Please: Yes, I've Changed

    “People look at you strange, say you changed. Like you worked that hard to stay the same.” Jay-Z This one time at a drum journey… If I...
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    Perky Pollard
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    Perky Pollard

    Hey! Enneagram 7 here. The enthusiastic visionary. I’m supposed to be uplifting, a light bringer, an eternal optimist. Jazz Hands Jaime....
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    Delight Muscle
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Delight Muscle

    It didn’t take me long to learn that the discipline or practice of writing these essays occasioned a kind of delight radar. Or maybe it...
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    A Place of Love
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • May 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Place of Love

    This statement has become part of my mantra for the past month. It is a quick test to gauge my intentions. Spending more time in close proxi
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    Time Traveler
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    Time Traveler

    Traveling backwards lets me control the narrative— my take on the storyline. This very control is what I am practicing releasing on a daily
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    Befriend Yourself
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Befriend Yourself

    “Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” -Eleanor Roosevelt...
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    Priming the Heart
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Priming the Heart

    I prime my heart and soul from the inside. An open heart is ready to receive and give love throughout the rest of the day.
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    Airstream Dream
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    Airstream Dream

    “Home, when it’s inside of us, allows us to sit still.” -Allison Moorer I used to want to own an airstream. Now I want to be the...
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    Making It Right
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 19, 2018
    • 4 min

    Making It Right

    “She didn’t know how to fix herself….” -Bryn Chancellor, Sycamore I love the idea that we find in a book what we need to see or hear at...
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    Wholehearted Yes
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jan 22, 2018
    • 3 min

    Wholehearted Yes

    “I’m going to practice saying yes more this year.” “SHUT UP!” “Oy! That’s a TERRIBLE idea.” These were the heartfelt responses from my...
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    The Real Reel
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jul 3, 2017
    • 4 min

    The Real Reel

    I don’t ever speak to my high school friends, rarely converse with my college friends and seldom talk with my New York City or Colorado...
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    Time to Saddle Up?
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jun 26, 2017
    • 4 min

    Time to Saddle Up?

    My dad used to say, “If one person calls you a jackass you can ignore him. If three people call you a jackass, you should find a saddle.”...
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    An Unbecoming Birthday
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jun 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    An Unbecoming Birthday

    My blog turns one today. They say you can only write what you would like to read. It makes sense; self-help books spill over onto the...
    75 views0 comments
    The Space Between
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • May 30, 2017
    • 3 min

    The Space Between

    Grounded. Centered. Balanced. I used to think these words were cliché and obnoxious. I was a busy, efficient person - a real go-getter....
    71 views0 comments
    Change the Weather
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 10, 2017
    • 4 min

    Change the Weather

    “WE CAN CHANGE THE WEATHER IN OUR FLAT!” My husband does not even flinch when I burst into his office with a grand idea or revelation. I...
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    The Should Jar
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 27, 2017
    • 4 min

    The Should Jar

    Instead of a swear jar, I can create a “should” jar to hold myself accountable. Though it will take work and discipline, I refuse to enter t
    101 views0 comments
    Simplifying in '17
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jan 2, 2017
    • 5 min

    Simplifying in '17

    “The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple.” -Doris Janzen Longacre We just...
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    My #nomakeupmovement
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Dec 6, 2016
    • 4 min

    My #nomakeupmovement

    “There’s a part of me that likes shoes, and likes dresses, and likes makeup, and likes books, and likes to write. I think that’s the case...
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