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Hi. I am Cassandra Diane. Cassandra. Cassie. Dallas (I might explain that one later). Welcome to the start of my mid-life crisis. Kidding, kind of. I started writing and picking topics about sex, communication, relationships, shame spirals, divorce, and how I decided I would finally start wearing crop tops at age thirty-five not because I
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Recent posts
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There isn’t a clever title for a post about compounded semaglutide.
Read more: There isn’t a clever title for a post about compounded semaglutide.There is no shame in my game. I finally jumped on the injectable weight loss medicine train. Well, not so much as jumped but was heavily suggested to me by my cardiologist. There was the option to do it without meds, but after trying that over and over with my weight going all over the…
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Listen. To. Your. Body.
Read more: Listen. To. Your. Body.Repeat after me: LISTEN.TO.YOUR.BODY. Our bodies don’t come with user’s manuals like vehicles do. Just like my vehicle, I ignore the check engine light until things go into crisis mode. I’ve gotten better with age, knowing that there’s maintenance associated with both my vehicle and my body – but it seems that I’m treating my…
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Aging Is NOT Fun. I Want off of This Ride.
Read more: Aging Is NOT Fun. I Want off of This Ride.Aging is something that we wish that we can do gracefully. Unfortunately, it’s not like going through puberty where you can pick up a guide that details what to expect and is mostly one size fits all. After puberty, it’s like “Okay, suckers! You’re on your own! Enjoy the other weird hormonal shit that no…
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And Now, a Post About Societal Pressure
Read more: And Now, a Post About Societal PressureI caught a prompt on WordPress that finally sparked something in my brain. Something about “having it all”. This is something that should be talked about. Societal pressures through social media and the standards we have begun setting for ourselves and those around us have become a tad bit ridiculous. Pinterest perfect weddings, Instagram worthy…
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Sorry, BUT…
Read more: Sorry, BUT…I recently read a really great article about apologies and how to properly apologize. I think talking about how to apologize, when to apologize, and what should follow the apology is going to be a great topic to write about and that will hit home with a lot of people. My biggest takeaway from the…
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Year One: Done!
Read more: Year One: Done!I completely missed posting my “Marriage: A Year in Review” post. Just kidding. I never intended on writing one. I’m too busy and this year was a little too crazy for me to even think about making a full review post about it so I’ll have to summarize. Parts of it I 10/10 would NOT…
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Do You *Really* Want It?
Read more: Do You *Really* Want It?There’s something said in my office pretty regularly that got my wheels turning: You can’t want something more than the other person wants it. I can sit here all day long and wish for change in someone, but unless they’ve got it in their head that they really, really want that change too – it’s…
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…And Keeping My Sanity Outside of Work
Read more: …And Keeping My Sanity Outside of WorkBeing the CEO of a household isn’t easy. Throw in a husband, three teenage boys, two senior dogs, a career, track/golf/football, some booster clubs, a side hustle or two and you can start to feel your Botox wear off and your hair start to gray. There are days where so feel like I’m on the…
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Keeping Sanity M-F/8-5
Read more: Keeping Sanity M-F/8-5I work in an industry where I hear sad and/or stressful things all day long. I love my job, but I was warned by friends and family before I went into this field that it might wear on me. So far, so good. I’m going to give a peek into my Monday through Friday sanity…
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Toxic Positivity
Read more: Toxic PositivityWe hear a lot about toxic this and toxic that, toxic-toxic-toxic. *Cue the Britney Spears medley* Toxic positivity is becoming an increasing plague. I am all for pumping people up during the bad times and being excited for people when they are succeeding but we have got to cut the shit when it comes to…
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Obligatory Valentine’s Day Post
Read more: Obligatory Valentine’s Day PostValentine’s Day. Tomorrow is a day where half of the couples in the US spend their time showering each other with services, cards, gifts that cost as much as the mortgage, dinners that cost as much as a car payment … and the other half of the couples spend the day fighting because society and…
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Divorce and Age
Read more: Divorce and AgeYou know what I hear a lot when talking about divorce with potential clients of my Firm? “What am I going to do with my life? I’m going to be single at X years old.” You’re single. You’re not dead. Most importantly: Don’t let your marital status define you. If you are worried about your…
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Nightmare on Main Street
Read more: Nightmare on Main StreetIt’s taken me ten months to take a deep breath and re-visit this story. Planning my dream wedding has never been a bucket list item for me. Those that know me, know that the last time I tied the knot I did it in Vegas and held back the urge to have a $300, sweaty,…
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Only Child Life
Read more: Only Child LifeBeing an only child is strange sometimes. It always has been. Do people with siblings have imaginary friends as children? Do people with siblings like the attention of being picked on by an older sibling? Are people with siblings as close to their parents like I am with mine? It took me all my life…
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Thanking My Lucky Stars
Read more: Thanking My Lucky StarsI started off 2023 with the theme “Celebrate Small Wins”. The past few years have been chaotic and a rollercoaster of goods, bads, and uglies so I wanted a theme that kept positivity flowing. I had goals of snail mailing cards for every occasion to be celebrated, buying tiny thoughtful trinkets to be given out…
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Failure. It Happens.
Read more: Failure. It Happens.I recently discovered that I have spent my entire life avoiding failure. If I wasn’t good at something, I didn’t like it – ask me about my love of Topgolf. Most of my adult life I have worked a full-time job while doing one or two (or three or four) side hustles – not because…
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Let’s Have a Chat About Babies
Read more: Let’s Have a Chat About BabiesAs I sit at a county chess competition (I know, you’re jealous of my Saturday daytime social life), watching kids of all ages sneeze, cough, wipe their noses on their sleeves, speaking at something I think my first grade teacher would have referred to as an “outdoor voice”, and get dangerously close to me I…
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2022: The Birth of My New Title
Read more: 2022: The Birth of My New TitleWooooo weeee. No one ever told me how challenging being a stepmom would be. To make it even more challenging, I have no biological children and didn’t picture children of any type being in the cards for me. Ever. I threw myself straight up into the deep end when I got married in April of…
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Divorce sucks. Being divorced does not.
Read more: Divorce sucks. Being divorced does not.Divorce sucks. There. I said it. I have been there. I have done that. I have watched people be shocked by my public announcement. I have felt shame without any logic behind it. I have felt judged, especially by those that didn’t know me or my then husband. I have cried because I didn’t know…
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Secrets, secrets.
Read more: Secrets, secrets.If communication is key, why do so many people struggle with it? Secrets, secrets are no fun. Secrets, secrets hurt someone. Remember in my introductory post the part about sucking at things? Yeah. Communication was on the list. Communicating at work to my employees, employers, or peers was a breeze. Communicating to my partner? Not…
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