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Here it is, June 6th, and I’m roughly halfway through my sabbatical – and quite disappointed in my progress thus far. I have managed to fall back into the old habits that I’ve been trying to change, and I have not yet successfully managed to complete any of the goals I set for myself. Wow, I didn’t realize how hard it would be to admit that. I have allowed things to get in my way. ...

I’m not the kind of girl who generally fawns over actors and celebrities. Personally, I don’t really much care about what they do, and I never quite understood what the big deal is with needing to know what they do every day. To me, they’re just people doing their job. Like anyone who has a job, some do it better than others, some are lazy, some are lucky (probably due to some brown-nosing or something), and some make mistakes. But Will Smith continues to fill that seemingly unattainable… thing that many people would like to have, and his celebrity status isn’t what makes him the way he is – I think he’d be this way even if he weren’t famous.

Here I am, it’s a Thursday morning, and I feel like I’m walking back into my office after a looooong painful holiday. That statement is partially true because I actually was away for the holidays, but the painful part is because upon my return, I came down with the flu. I did manage to make it into my office a few times, but I couldn’t do much that was worth anything (as you can...