one year
Give yourself a year and you can change your life. Not much looks like it did a year ago. It has been a full year since I made a bold...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jun 27
- 2 min
roy-g-biv
I forget a lot of things lately, like walking into a room and not remembering why. I used to use the mnemonic device ROY-G-BIV to help...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jun 14
- 2 min
hold on
"I have trouble processing information, and doing routine tasks. It is hard to navigate personal situations, and read social cues. If I...
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Ilan Cooley
- May 30
- 1 min
unapologetically me
The wind whispers, “come with me.” I dash off to dance like a prairie fire. Creative sparks feed the flames. Imagination runs wild. Free....
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Ilan Cooley
- May 24
- 2 min
zig zag
"We need to shatter our snail shell shackles and start to really live again." Life seems linear in a lot of ways, but that’s the macro...
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Ilan Cooley
- Mar 14
- 2 min
quicksand
I couldn’t have written this last week because I felt like I was in quicksand. Can anyone else relate? There are so many problems facing...
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Ilan Cooley
- Mar 2
- 3 min
heart strings
Are they the ties that bind us to each other? Do they keep us tethered to life, until they release us into the hereafter? I have...
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Ilan Cooley
- Feb 7
- 2 min
tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches
I almost died when I was seven. My family jokes about it, the way you can joke when the person lives to tell the tale. It was a real...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jan 17
- 2 min
don't dim to fit in
Due to personal reasons, I will be shining brightly and unapologetically for the foreseeable future. There is enough room for all the...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jan 14
- 1 min
butterfly wings
I’m a wild girl with fast feet in waist high grass that hisses as it bends. The brisk breeze catapults the crafty creature I am chasing,...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jan 14
- 1 min
pass creek
Tears sprung from my eyes and streamed down my cheeks like the water cascading over the rainbow rocks in the pictures I’d just purchased....
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Ilan Cooley
- Jan 11
- 2 min
worthmore
By what measure do you quantify your existence? There is nothing that makes anyone worth more, or less than anyone else. Nothing defines...
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Ilan Cooley
- Jan 3
- 2 min
do one thing
Do one thing every day that scares you…I disagree with this sentiment. I’ve often heard this sort of thing. It is usually attached to...
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
clear the cache
Earlier this year I had a total tech meltdown. There is no worse feeling than the “memory full” warning message popping up on your...
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
the beach
On a beach in Costa Rica, I witnessed the fragile and miraculous journey of life’s ups and downs in a 30-foot journey down a sandy sunset...
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
the golden rule
“I told you that I love you, right?” It was more of a mental check mark on his final to do list than a question. My grandpa and me 1972...
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 14, 2021
- 2 min
you don’t know what you don’t know
As I set out on my daily walk near my new home in Calgary, I pause to look into the distance, and see the range of Rocky Mountains that...
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Ilan Cooley
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
fifty days to fifty
There are 50 days until I turn 50. I love a good milestone—and I love birthdays in general, so I’ve decided to count down to the big day...
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Ilan Cooley
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
my next thirty years
"Thirty years ago, I did not think about what my life would look like today. Now that I am nearing fifty, thoughts about what my life...
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Ilan Cooley
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
would you trade your life?
"No one can complete us. That has to happen in our own time, at our own pace, and in our own space. Your life is yours. Slide the pieces...
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