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Standing in the bathroom, the shower water running, the humidity filling the room, I stood and looked at myself in the mirror. I was fully dressed in a long-sleeved black shirt and two pairs of pants. It was the coldest day we'd had in weeks at Redbud Community. I enjoyed the warmth emanating from the shower.
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And if I admit to all of my problems, I'm afraid of the conclusions people will draw. Like your mother. That one time, when I was feeling awful and had to get off my feet and she told someone I was weak because of my raw diet. I was so angry. I just exploded. 'It is not!' I said. 'I used to be much worse! It's only because of this diet that I ( Read more... )

Excerpt: "I couldn't believe my ears. Here I was on this "intentional community" that is about networks and permaculture instead of hierarchy and mono-cropping, and this woman was telling me she is a dictator, and that she'd violated my space that was given to me for my things. Suddenly I felt like none of my stuff was safe"
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The next assignment asked me to write my "money story," starting with my first memory about money.
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When I was about five, maybe six, my mom was giving me a four-dollar a week allowance. Each week after dance-class I was able to go to a store to buy something with my four dollars. One week she said to me, "You could save it until next week you know ( Read more... )

"In most families, when we are relatively young, money is established as a system of punishment and reward. This is where some of our money patterns and flawed beliefs take root. At the core of this is the gradual forming of an underlying belief that only if and when we are "good" are we worthy of receiving money."
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