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        <div class="message"><p>The new year has arrived and like most people it has me thinking about what I want in my life. I like making resolutions. I like thinking about what brings me happiness and fulfillment, what I dream my life could…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7720613/the-possibility-of-a-good-year">Read more</a></span></div>
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        <div class="message"><p>Alright friends, this will be the last Joy Just Because newsletter before the new year. I’m taking a holiday hiatus, not because writing feels like a job but simply because I lose track of what day it is through the…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7720614/introducing-mom-shorts">Read more</a></span></div>
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        <div class="message"><p>There is pressure on everyone to be visible. We are in the habit of posting about everything we do and sharing our lives online for everyone’s viewing. As a performing musician I used to feel pressure to post regularly, which…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7720615/invisibility-fear-and-doing-it-my-way-anyway">Read more</a></span></div>
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        <div class="message"><p>Do you know what it feels like when you can’t get inside your own brain? When you have been getting shit done but it feels like you’re living outside of yourself? Do you relate to how disconcerting it is for…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7720616/permission-slips">Read more</a></span></div>
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        <div class="message"><p>I am not exaggerating when I say I experienced absolute joy Friday evening attending the Kaleidoscope Market at the Old Camborne Schoolhouse. My daughter and I were at the Eatons Centre in Toronto with cousins that day, and we specifically…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7720617/absolute-joy">Read more</a></span></div>
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        <div class="message"><p><strong>Nov 20 at 7pm - Katie, Saskia and I at the Art Gallery of Northumberland</strong><br><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/agn-spotlight-series-7-tickets-1689285551559?aff=oddtdtcreator">Tickets on sale here.</a></p>   <p><strong>Featured Music - <a href="https://avmnc.bandcamp.com/album/a-very-merry-northumberland-christmas">A Very Merry Northumberland Christmas</a></strong></p><p>Local musician and producer Matt Kowalyk has just released a compilation album, A…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7720618/live-and-in-person">Read more</a></span></div>
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