Dinner: A Love Story

Dinner: A Love Story

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Controlling the Controllable

Controlling the Controllable

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Jenny Rosenstrach
Nov 30, 2011
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Controlling the Controllable
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Do you know this phrase? Controlling the Controllable. Or should I say, have you heard of this condition? Symptoms include:

-Adding tasks to your to-do list even after you’ve completed them, just so you can experience the satisfaction of crossing that task off the list.

-Having a sudden irrepressible urge to rearrange your sock drawer or color-code your …

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