The Overbooked Life
Because balance is a myth, but coffee is real.
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⭐ The Secret Life of Customer Service Workers (And Why Some Folks Need a Reality Check) I’ve been working in customer service for over thirty years. Three decades of smiling, nodding, guiding, explaining, soothing, redirecting, and occasionally resisting the urge to scream into the nearest pillow. Don’t get me wrong—I like working with the public.…
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In our lives, we come across things that make us pause — little phrases or sayings that lodge themselves somewhere deep and refuse to leave. They become brain worms in the best way, looping in the background of our days. When I saw today’s prompt, I couldn’t think of just one. I use so many…
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When Anger Turns Into Silence Some people explode when they’re angry. I disappear. Not physically — I’m still standing there, nodding, breathing, existing. But inside? Something shuts off. A switch flips. The lights go out in the emotional part of my brain, and suddenly I’m watching myself from somewhere far away. It took me years…
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I’ve always had a soft spot for dreaming up business ideas. Most of them were just playful riffs on things that already existed — like a bakery near a college campus that offered rotating treats from around the world. Fun, whimsical, and probably delicious… but after hurting my back, I realized long hours in a…
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Most of us try not to linger too long in the past, but for some of us it hangs overhead like a stubborn cloud. I don’t love that so many of my posts circle back to the harder parts of my childhood, yet pretending they didn’t shape me would be dishonest. The past is part…
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We all carry stories written into us by the people we meet. Some of those stories are gentle, filled with love and encouragement. Others are sharp, carved by pain and hardship. Together, they shape the person we become. Most of us remember the positive influences more easily. We cling to the people who lifted us,…
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Working in commission sales means living in a world where money is always on your mind. Not just the money itself, but how your sales are written, who gets credit, and whether someone might claim them when you’re off. It’s a constant balancing act, and sometimes it makes even taking a day off feel risky.…
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We all take that first step to learn something new several times in our lives. Usually, it’s something small — a new recipe, a new hobby, maybe even a new hairstyle we instantly regret. But every once in a while, that “something new” doesn’t just add a chapter to your story. It rewrites the whole…
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Growing up, it’s strange the things that end up living rent-free in our minds. These little memories echo at the most unexpected moments, triggered by who knows what. We never know which moments will become the core memories that shape us—or which ones we’ll unknowingly create for our own children. As adults, we carry those…
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Do You Need Time? by The Overbooked Life That question—it’s a heavy one. But it’s also the very heartbeat of this blog, The Overbooked Life. The name alone says it all: yes, I need time. Probably more than I’m willing to admit. But time for what, exactly? More time? Less time? Can we even control…
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