winter salad – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen Making Every Day an Occasion... Simply Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-peonies-32x32.jpg winter salad – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen 32 32 Israeli Couscous with Butternut Squash and Cranberries http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/the-year-of-saying-no-recipe-israeli-couscous-with-butternut-squash-and-cranberries/ http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/the-year-of-saying-no-recipe-israeli-couscous-with-butternut-squash-and-cranberries/#comments Tue, 24 Dec 2013 18:12:56 +0000 http://ingoodtasteblog.net/?p=4106 I decided today that 2014 is going to be The Year of Saying No. That might seem negative or pessimistic, but I am a people pleaser. As someone who will say yes to a conference call even if it means being double-booked, an evening meeting with a client even when I had my heart set on kickboxing or a social obligation when I’m dead tired because I’m afraid of missing out, it’s finally occurred to me that I need to have boundaries. When I worked at my first public relations job in New York, I was petrified of being fired. I was never at any time actually at risk of losing my job, but in a cutthroat, competitive industry I was afraid that the slightest slip or mistake would result in the unemployment line or worse, moving back home with my parents. Even when my workload was two or three times what it should have been, I felt compelled to take on every extra assignment and every request from my boss with enthusiasm (my boss was just as stretched as I was at the time, if not more since she had the responsibility of running the department). This displaced dedication contributed […]

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