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Sara Pauff: Advice for dads of 20-somethings

I knew the lecture was coming the minute I stepped off the plane.

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A vacation without Facebook

My big summer vacation this year was a 10-day trip to Ireland with my youngest sister. It was 10 days out of the country, 10 days out of the office, 10 days away from the computer and my cellphone and 10 days without Facebook or Twitter (almost).
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Going back to your college town

“I wish I could go back to college,” is probably a phrase uttered by many people post-graduation. Who doesn’t want to go back to a time when you were young and your responsibilities were minimal?
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How I will spend my vacation

Do you remember those first day of school activities some teachers used to make you do where you stand up at the front of the class and talk about what you did on your summer vacation?
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Music for post-college life

May is graduation season. Columbus State University has its ceremony today and I’m attending UGA’s commencement ceremonies later this week. Graduation is one of those events easily commemorated with music and not just “Pomp and Circumstance.” One of the souvenirs given...
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Early birds and night owls

I used to be a morning person. Not only did I work an early morning shift during the week, but I had no trouble getting up before 9 a.m. on a Saturday. Exercise, run errands, grocery shop and clean my apartment all before lunch? No problem. The best hours of the day are before noon, my mom would...
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A lesson in tweet this, not that

Bad news for frequent Twitters: A recent study in the Harvard Business Review found that only 36 percent of all tweets are worth reading. Another 29 percent were deemed "just ok," and the rest no one cares about.
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Walking more and driving less

There's a drugstore that's a three-minute drive from my apartment, but driving seemed like a waste of gas just for toothpaste. It was such a nice day out that I decided to walk. It was only a half-hour leisurely stroll -- most of it on the Fall Line Trace -- but when I got back, toothpaste in hand...
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Signs of spring

People mark the change in seasons in different ways. Some rely on the weather. Others trust a groundhog. Here are a few ways I know it's spring.
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I wish my life was more exciting

My life was supposed to be so much more exciting than this.
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Sara Pauff: Waiting to launch

Re-nesting. The Boomerang Generation. Failure to launch.