Author: Sarra Cannon

In our quest for weight loss, we often reach what weight watchers calls a “Plateau”. That means that for weeks on end, you stay the same exact weight. This is, as you can imagine, quite frustrating for anyone who is just saying NO! to all the Krispy Kremes and other tempting chocolates and breads in order to lose weight. Or, in fact, working out an hour a day. You would think that making all of that effort is bound to lead to weight loss, right? So what do you do when it isn’t working? I guess you have to step…

Do you ever wonder if there are signs directing us in life? Just like road signs that tell us when to stop, yield, speed up or slow down, maybe the universe sends us signs that tell us which way to go in life. I don’t necessarily believe that we are pre-destined to certain actions, but I think that there is some kind of plan out there. It’s complicated in my head and a subject that I’ve always struggled with, but I do think that while we all have free choice, there are certain talents each of us have been given…

What is it about getting older that makes women want to cut their hair short? I have been thinking about this as I have noticed my hair getting longer and longer over the past few months. At this point, my hair is about 2 inches past my shoulders I would say. Since it is layered, it may actually be even longer than that in the very back. Most women I have known, however, opt for the shoulder-length or shorter haircuts after they turn 30, and then rarely let it grow out again. Why is that? I was thinking that it…

On Wednesday night, G and I went to a pizza place that we go to about once a week, and the manager, who recognized us, offered us a free pass to go see a screening of 21. I had seen a trailer of the movie and it is actually something I was interested in going to see. It’s a movie about an MIT student who has always dreamed of going to Harvard Medical School, but he doesn’t have the $300,000+ it will cost to go there. The kid is brilliant, but since he doesn’t “dazzle” on his application for a…

So, while I am in the process of throwng things away, I came across a box full of sentimental crap. I say crap because it really serves no other purpose than to remind me of the past. Nametags from summer camps, playbills from all the plays I was in, trophies for girl of the year, band awards, debate awards, match books, movie ticket stubs, etc. None of it (except maybe the playbills) looks good enough to put on display anywhere really. So what is its fate? Should I keep it anyway and just let it take up storage space for…

For the majority of my adult life, I have been worried about money. Now, probably that has largely to do with the fact that during my college years I severely abused credit cards and put myself into enormous amounts of debt right off the bat. Even though my parents eventually did dig me out of that credit card hole, I was still always worried about money. I have been through times in my life where I was struggling to balance who needs to get paid first based on who was least likely to turn my shit off if I didn’t…