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About Progress

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Shel Silverstein's poems have long been some of my very favorite, and today I want to expound on my thoughts surrounding the popular one titled, "The Giving Tree." The story perpetuates the idea that women should give, and give, and give, expecting nothing in return. And so we see that cycle repeat from one generation to another, deeply affecting meaningful relationships. I don't want to be a stump of a woman at the end of my life, and I don't want that for you, either. I hope this bite-sized episode encourages you to grow deep roots, and nurture strong branches, while learning some small ways you can start working towards that right away. Host a Tricks and Treats gathering! Finding Me Academy My FREE DSL Training My FREE habits class Full Show Notes Sticky Habit Method Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Monica Packer from About Progress, and this is A Grosperch, a short episode where
0:12.6	I share a bite-sized way you can increase your progress today.
0:19.2	My parents are both big readers, and growing up, I was super lucky to have shelves and
0:24.5	shelves of books to pull from.
0:27.4	And some of the ones I kept coming back to were written by the same author, a poet named
0:32.8	Shell Silverstein.
0:34.6	And I love his books of poetry.
0:36.1	I think they're so charming and funny.
0:38.7	When I did homeschooling in farm 2020 through 2021, we did at least one Shell Silverstein
0:45.4	poem a day.
0:47.0	And my favorite, my personal, long-standing favorite, is The Crowded Tub.
0:51.4	I'll recite it for you really quickly.
0:53.8	There's too many kids in this tub.
0:55.8	There's too many elbows to scrub.
0:57.8	I just washed up behind that I'm sure isn't mine.
1:01.2	There's too many kids in this tub.
1:04.1	I don't know why that's the only poem I've ever been able to memorize my entire life,
1:08.6	but nonetheless, he's a great poet.
1:11.6	But one of the books I often read growing up that made me feel a little sad was The Giving
1:17.9	Tree.
1:19.3	I recently did a reel on this on Instagram, and Instagram will only give you 90 seconds
1:25.4	to have a good reel, or at least ones that people will watch.
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