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		<title>By: Christina</title>
		<link>http://www.fluentself.com/blog/stuff/item-gee-whiz/comment-page-1/#comment-11193</link>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Inspired by Andrea: I too give my students permission to not get it.

Permission for me: to not have a job for a bit, and not feel like crap about it.

Permission for me: to have a stuck re: an ex. 

And yes... even just typing that out helps my lungs expand a little more when I breathe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Inspired by Andrea: I too give my students permission to not get it.</p>
<p>Permission for me: to not have a job for a bit, and not feel like crap about it.</p>
<p>Permission for me: to have a stuck re: an ex. </p>
<p>And yes&#8230; even just typing that out helps my lungs expand a little more when I breathe.</p>
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		<title>By: Sarah</title>
		<link>http://www.fluentself.com/blog/stuff/item-gee-whiz/comment-page-1/#comment-11184</link>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Permission for my ex: to think and feel anything he wants to about me.  Honest!  Because I have finally figured out that &lt;i&gt;what he thinks about me&lt;/i&gt; is his stuff, and &lt;i&gt;wanting him to think something different&lt;/i&gt; is my stuff.  Whew.

Permission for me: to choose friendships and relationships that nurture and support me.  To accept that relationships change and what was once a supportive and wonderful thing can become irretrievably unsupportive and painful -- and to let go of as much guilt over those transformations as I can.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Permission for my ex: to think and feel anything he wants to about me.  Honest!  Because I have finally figured out that <i>what he thinks about me</i> is his stuff, and <i>wanting him to think something different</i> is my stuff.  Whew.</p>
<p>Permission for me: to choose friendships and relationships that nurture and support me.  To accept that relationships change and what was once a supportive and wonderful thing can become irretrievably unsupportive and painful &#8212; and to let go of as much guilt over those transformations as I can.</p>
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		<title>By: Lucy    @LucySweetman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lucy    @LucySweetman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Itemisers!

Permission slip for Havi: fluffy blanky, slippers and Dynasty reruns on TV. 

Permission slip for Lucy: time to start the wind-down towards the holiday. glass of red wine, chicken and salad, reruns of dynasty on the TV.

Permission for all itemisers: as many blankets, lie-ins, naps and hall passes as you need.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Itemisers!</p>
<p>Permission slip for Havi: fluffy blanky, slippers and Dynasty reruns on TV. </p>
<p>Permission slip for Lucy: time to start the wind-down towards the holiday. glass of red wine, chicken and salad, reruns of dynasty on the TV.</p>
<p>Permission for all itemisers: as many blankets, lie-ins, naps and hall passes as you need.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandra</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sandra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gee whiz! Thanks for item!izing Milk and Vinegar! And thank you for bringing everyone else into Alphaville with me. You would think that would stop running through your head after a while, right? Wrong. It&#039;s easy... arggh.
Also, I can&#039;t believe I didn&#039;t know that Tom Waits sings Big in Japan. (I can&#039;t believe I&#039;m admitting that. Where have I been?)

I&#039;d like to give a permission slip to my sweetie to relax and just do what he can with this running/training thing and not permanently cripple himself. Hm, maybe I should actually give him a permission slip for this. Interesting.

For everyone else, naps all around! When I&#039;m in charge, everyone will have a 100% guilt-free nap policy.
.-= Sandra´s last post ... &lt;a href=&quot;http://japandra.blogspot.com/2009/12/tea-sparkling.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tea sparkling&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gee whiz! Thanks for item!izing Milk and Vinegar! And thank you for bringing everyone else into Alphaville with me. You would think that would stop running through your head after a while, right? Wrong. It&#8217;s easy&#8230; arggh.<br />
Also, I can&#8217;t believe I didn&#8217;t know that Tom Waits sings Big in Japan. (I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m admitting that. Where have I been?)</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to give a permission slip to my sweetie to relax and just do what he can with this running/training thing and not permanently cripple himself. Hm, maybe I should actually give him a permission slip for this. Interesting.</p>
<p>For everyone else, naps all around! When I&#8217;m in charge, everyone will have a 100% guilt-free nap policy.<br />
.-= Sandra´s last post &#8230; <a href="http://japandra.blogspot.com/2009/12/tea-sparkling.html" rel="nofollow">Tea sparkling</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Heidi Fischbach</title>
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		<dc:creator>Heidi Fischbach</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whoa! Hi. The Aardvark got itemized! Humble thanks.

[Um yes? What&#039;s that?... Oh OK]

Aardvark wants me to convey his hello to Selma.

I&#039;m up to my eyeballs in shea butter, equally freaking out and excited (they are kind of neck and neck) about wearing these big-girl (business) shoes.

Thanks for the lift-off boost.

xo
.-= Heidi Fischbach´s last post ... &lt;a href=&quot;http://babayagasplace.squarespace.com/heidi-musings/2009/12/3/aardvark-essentials-has-been-cleared-for-lift-off-3-2-1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Aardvark Essentials has been cleared for lift off: 3-2-1...&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whoa! Hi. The Aardvark got itemized! Humble thanks.</p>
<p>[Um yes? What's that?... Oh OK]</p>
<p>Aardvark wants me to convey his hello to Selma.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m up to my eyeballs in shea butter, equally freaking out and excited (they are kind of neck and neck) about wearing these big-girl (business) shoes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the lift-off boost.</p>
<p>xo<br />
.-= Heidi Fischbach´s last post &#8230; <a href="http://babayagasplace.squarespace.com/heidi-musings/2009/12/3/aardvark-essentials-has-been-cleared-for-lift-off-3-2-1.html" rel="nofollow">Aardvark Essentials has been cleared for lift off: 3-2-1&#8230;</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Havi Brooks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Havi Brooks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://fluentself.com/images/blog/ducks/Selma_tinyB.png&quot;&gt; Hey guys! Hey guys! Items! 

Thanks for all the permission slips. These are so beautiful they really need to be their own posts. 

Also: Pettiskirts! 

@SecretWormy - I can&#039;t wait until you open shop so I can promote the hell out of it. 

@Maryann - ! I like your husband more and more, the more I hear about him. 

Yay, Wednesday. It pretty much never fails to cheer me up, so thank you for being part of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://fluentself.com/images/blog/ducks/Selma_tinyB.png"/> Hey guys! Hey guys! Items! </p>
<p>Thanks for all the permission slips. These are so beautiful they really need to be their own posts. </p>
<p>Also: Pettiskirts! </p>
<p>@SecretWormy &#8211; I can&#8217;t wait until you open shop so I can promote the hell out of it. </p>
<p>@Maryann &#8211; ! I like your husband more and more, the more I hear about him. </p>
<p>Yay, Wednesday. It pretty much never fails to cheer me up, so thank you for being part of it.</p>
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		<title>By: Kathleen Avins @spiralsongkat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kathleen Avins @spiralsongkat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh!  This one came to me a couple of hours ago while I was making dinner, and it gave me chills:

Even though I am under a great deal of stress and am very busy, &lt;i&gt;I have permission to be calm and happy.&lt;/i&gt;

And I freely distribute carbon copies of that permission slip to all who wish for them.

(P.S.  I also grant permission to nap, or to go to bed early -- to sleep if you&#039;re sleepy.  That one, I don&#039;t feel able to give to myself at the moment, so will someone please take an extra nap for me?)
.-= Kathleen Avins @spiralsongkat´s last post ... &lt;a href=&quot;http://spiralsongkat.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/that-tiny-thing-with-feathers-which-is-hope/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;That tiny thing with feathers, which is hope&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh!  This one came to me a couple of hours ago while I was making dinner, and it gave me chills:</p>
<p>Even though I am under a great deal of stress and am very busy, <i>I have permission to be calm and happy.</i></p>
<p>And I freely distribute carbon copies of that permission slip to all who wish for them.</p>
<p>(P.S.  I also grant permission to nap, or to go to bed early &#8212; to sleep if you&#8217;re sleepy.  That one, I don&#8217;t feel able to give to myself at the moment, so will someone please take an extra nap for me?)<br />
.-= Kathleen Avins @spiralsongkat´s last post &#8230; <a href="http://spiralsongkat.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/that-tiny-thing-with-feathers-which-is-hope/" rel="nofollow">That tiny thing with feathers, which is hope</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Christine Bougie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Christine Bougie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Pace &amp; Kyeli - congrats on getting hitched!  I&#039;ve been checking out your site lately, too.  I love the manifesto.

permission slip: everyone is allowed to sleep-in tomorrow...um, except for me. I have a really early rehearsal.  (early for a musician, anyway)
.-= Christine Bougie´s last post ... &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.christinebougie.com/best-of-09-challenge/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Best Of ‘09: Challenge&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Pace &amp; Kyeli &#8211; congrats on getting hitched!  I&#8217;ve been checking out your site lately, too.  I love the manifesto.</p>
<p>permission slip: everyone is allowed to sleep-in tomorrow&#8230;um, except for me. I have a really early rehearsal.  (early for a musician, anyway)<br />
.-= Christine Bougie´s last post &#8230; <a href="http://www.christinebougie.com/best-of-09-challenge/" rel="nofollow">Best Of ‘09: Challenge</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Amy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Wormy I&#039;m totally going to take you up on that. ;)

And I lovelovelove &#039;be chutzpah&#039;!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Wormy I&#8217;m totally going to take you up on that. ;)</p>
<p>And I lovelovelove &#8216;be chutzpah&#8217;!</p>
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		<title>By: Wormy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wormy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Lydia - wear them with heels over skinny jeans or leggings. They will look like *the* most awesome, cunning boots in the whole world. You won&#039;t need chutzpah to wear them, you will *be* chutzpah. 

But then again, total permission to love them and not wear them. Some times, things are better viewed from a far and imagined in glory. :)
.-= Wormy´s last post ... &lt;a href=&quot;http://thesecretlifeofwormhill.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/unexpected-progress/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Unexpected Progress&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Lydia &#8211; wear them with heels over skinny jeans or leggings. They will look like *the* most awesome, cunning boots in the whole world. You won&#8217;t need chutzpah to wear them, you will *be* chutzpah. </p>
<p>But then again, total permission to love them and not wear them. Some times, things are better viewed from a far and imagined in glory. :)<br />
.-= Wormy´s last post &#8230; <a href="http://thesecretlifeofwormhill.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/unexpected-progress/" rel="nofollow">Unexpected Progress</a> =-.</p>
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