This blog was created by two friends who made a pledge to try something new, fun, challenging, or even ridiculous every week for a year. At times, life got in the way, but we forged ahead. Our stories have educated, entertained or inspired many. In 2012, we hope to inspire many others to get better, get moving or get over it!
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This is a guest post by Nicole Wolfrath. We met Nicole serendipitously through a mutual friend that neither of us knew the other was connected to. It was only through our respective blogs and our appearance at the 92nd St. Y that it all came full circle. We love when good stuff comes from getting [...]
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Posted: 05/13/12 1:33 PM
“Sometimes I wonder if there’s something wrong with me. Perhaps I’ve spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.” — E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey 50 Shades of Blue I am reading the “book of the moment”, Shades of Grey by [...]
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Posted: 04/4/12 11:14 AM
It’s your turn now to jump in! Please allow me to explain… In the last two months I’ve taken the plunge – two plunges actually. I guess you can say I “jumped in the waters” – both literally and figuratively – in ways that before starting the 52 Weeks I don’t think I would have [...]
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Posted: 03/13/12 11:08 PM
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31
Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas. ~ Paula Poundstone I was having a conversation with an acquaintance recently and after mentioning to her that I am looking to go back to work on a full-time basis again, she said to me [...]
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Posted: 10/31/11 8:34 AM
Sep
22
Did you read our update on the52weeks? Check out what’s going on with the blog here. This is a guest post from Jami Kelly. She is happily single, lives in New York City and is continuously getting “unstuck” doing amazing, interesting things. Jami’s last post for the52weeks covered some big ideas for getting unstuck and [...]
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Posted: 09/22/11 1:08 PM
Jul
24
A sister is someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway. – Author Unkown Last week I heard on the news that a woman was suing her sister and Duke University over a pair of college basketball tickets. “How could family members get to the point of suing one another for basketball tickets?,” [...]
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Posted: 07/24/11 11:00 PM
I am in the process of moving. While my family is excited about this next chapter and the new possibilities that await us, we are going tentatively, with many, many mixed emotions. I have been thinking about how many memories and emotions are tied up in all of this. And one such big memory is [...]
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Posted: 06/20/11 12:49 PM
If you want to make G-d laugh, tell him about your plans. – Woody Allen This has been tough. My blog partner and I embarked on this 52 Week challenge focused on moving forward, growing and getting “unstuck”. We vowed to try new things, work on our relationships with significant others, face fears, rediscover old [...]
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Posted: 05/24/11 12:20 PM
This is a guest post by Barbara Hannah Grufferman. She is the author of the hugely popular book, The Best of Everything After 50: The Experts’ Guide to Style, Sex, Health, Money and More. The 52 Weeks is all about trying new things, facing challenges and moving forward; it’s about crossing things off your to-do [...]
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Posted: 05/18/11 8:46 PM
It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.” — The Golden Girls The years go by so fast. Mother’s Day was always, rightfully so, about my mom. Growing up and thankfully still to this day, we would all be together. Sometimes it was just immediate family; other times there [...]
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Posted: 05/8/11 4:22 PM
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