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Why Worrying is Overrated in Military Life
I’m a worrier. Not a warrior. A worrier. I didn’t use to be. In my days of innocent youth, the only thing that caused me stress was an enormous workload of college homework, or interpersonal conflict with people I couldn’t avoid. The latter still stresses me out. (old habits die hard?) But really– it didn’t…
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How to Say Goodbye to Your Soldier the “Right” Way
This post is for my fellow over-thinkers! If you have already said “goodbye” before, or don’t like the nuances of goodbyes, this post is not for you! Just scroll past and read my Open Letter. I may or may not need to get the obvious out of the way: at some point in every single military career,…
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10 Things I Learned During Our Third PCS
When we moved to Fort Bragg, it really wasn’t a PCS. It was two college sweethearts who had just gotten married and were throwing all of our clothes and 3 beat up couches into a UHAUL in a 48 hour period. Our move to Fort Benning was a bit more classy. A real moving company.…
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Military Love: The Secret to Not Over-Adapting
The most common piece of relationship advice you’ll here in military circles: Adapt. Everyone agrees that the military life requires a great deal of adapting, especially if you were a couple before your significant other joined the military. Especially that. But on your journey of adaptation…how do you keep from going too far? Is it possible to over-adapt? I…
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Best Places to Find MilSpouse Friends at a New Duty Station
If you’ve been a dependent for any length of time, or PCS’d to a duty station that wasn’t your hometown, you may have been faced with the an incredibly daunting task. And I don’t mean unpacking your household goods. I’m talking about the one of the hardest parts of adulting: Making friends with other adults. If you live…