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[Fill Your Tank Before It’s Empty - Food for Thought](https://info.thought-design.com/blog/fill-your-tank-before-its-empty)

One of the big differences between my husband and I is how we manage our fuel ta...

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[The Salt and Pepper of Life - Food for Thought](https://info.thought-design.com/blog/the-salt-and-pepper-of-life-food-for-thought)

Success and failure. They are the salt and pepper of life. Our lives are seasone...

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[Past, Present, and Future - Food for Thought](https://info.thought-design.com/blog/past-present-and-future-food-for-thought)

Location, Location, Location. We’ve all heard it and we know how true it is for ...

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[The Value of Reverse - Food for Thought](https://info.thought-design.com/blog/the-value-of-reverse)

In the summer of 1984 I got my first new car. Not just a new-to-me car – a real ...

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[It's Not Going To Hurt You - Food for Thought](https://info.thought-design.com/blog/its-not-going-to-hurt-you)

Several years ago I traveled with my oldest friend to the Caribbean for a week o...

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It was one of those days. You know, one of those life-y kind of days. Some unexp...

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