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Why Is Endometriosis Misdiagnosed? | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Health &middot February 26, 2019

Why Is Endometriosis Misdiagnosed?

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in Health &middot February 26, 2019

Why Is Endometriosis Misdiagnosed?

Why Is Endometriosis Misdiagnosed? | Kate the (Almost) Great

Endometriosis is a chronic illness that affects as many as 10% of people who have a uterus. But it often takes years, if not close to a decade, before patients are diagnosed ... Read the Post...

Are You Plagiarizing on Your Blog? How You Might Be + Why It's Bad
in Writing & Blogging &middot February 22, 2019

Are You Plagiarizing on Your Blog? How You Might Be + Why It’s Bad

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in Writing & Blogging &middot February 22, 2019

Are You Plagiarizing on Your Blog? How You Might Be + Why It’s Bad

Are You Plagiarizing on Your Blog? How You Might Be + Why It's Bad

I can't believe that plagiarism is a thing that we still have to deal with in 2019, but here we are because people are terrible! I had a situation a few months ago where I ... Read the Post...

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Most Popular Books of the 21st Century | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog
in Lifestyle &middot February 19, 2019

Most Popular Books of the 21st Century

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in Lifestyle &middot February 19, 2019

Most Popular Books of the 21st Century

Most Popular Books of the 21st Century | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog

As we inch towards 2020, I thought that it would be nice to look back at the century so far in books. I researched books published in the 21st century that have sold the most ... Read the Post...

About the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Health &middot February 12, 2019

About the Americans with Disabilities Act

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in Health &middot February 12, 2019

About the Americans with Disabilities Act

About the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | Kate the (Almost) Great

Last month, someone found my blog by searching something like "is chronic illness covered by the ADA" and I immediately put this post on my editorial calendar. As a disabled ... Read the Post...

My Evening Routine | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog
in Lifestyle &middot February 7, 2019

My Evening Routine

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in Lifestyle &middot February 7, 2019

My Evening Routine

My Evening Routine | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog

This is a sponsored post. Thank you for supporting Kate the (Almost) Great! I've written before about my morning routine, so when I got the opportunity to review these ... Read the Post...

January Blog Traffic Report: The Month Things Changed | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Writing & Blogging &middot February 5, 2019

January Blog Traffic Report: The Month Things Changed

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in Writing & Blogging &middot February 5, 2019

January Blog Traffic Report: The Month Things Changed

January Blog Traffic Report: The Month Things Changed | Kate the (Almost) Great

Not to be too dramatic with the title, but ... This month, I learned that my web hosting statistics and Google Analytics statistics don't match up. Aka, the place that houses ... Read the Post...

Currently [Vol. 25]
in Lifestyle &middot February 1, 2019

Currently [Vol. 25]

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in Lifestyle &middot February 1, 2019

Currently [Vol. 25]

Currently [Vol. 25]

This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Kate the (Almost) Great! Currently, I'm ... reading ... Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession and White ... Read the Post...

What Do Bloggers Do?
in Writing & Blogging &middot January 29, 2019

What Do Bloggers Do?

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in Writing & Blogging &middot January 29, 2019

What Do Bloggers Do?

What Do Bloggers Do?

There's so much that goes into blogging that so many people don't realize, which is probably why so many people turn up their noses at bloggers! Whether you want to start a ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot January 24, 2019

Modern Wedding Giveaway

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in Lifestyle &middot January 24, 2019

Modern Wedding Giveaway

Artisan Books sent me this beautiful book to check out and is partnering with me for a giveaway! This means that this post is sponsored. Thank you for supporting Kate the ... Read the Post...

2018 Recent Reads (October-December)
in Lifestyle &middot January 22, 2019

2018 Recent Reads: October-December

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in Lifestyle &middot January 22, 2019

2018 Recent Reads: October-December

2018 Recent Reads (October-December)

This is a little late due to The Fiasco but I couldn't not finish my 2018 Recent Reads series! For those of you who are new, every quarter I wrap up what I read in the ... Read the Post...

How Is Chronic Pain Different from Acute Pain?
in Health &middot January 18, 2019

How Is Chronic Pain Different from Acute Pain?

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in Health &middot January 18, 2019

How Is Chronic Pain Different from Acute Pain?

How Is Chronic Pain Different from Acute Pain?

As of 2016, 20% of Americans live with chronic pain (x). That's so many people; it's around 50 million. If you've ever been to my corner of the Internet before, you know that ... Read the Post...

11 Blogging Tools To Try in 2019
in Writing & Blogging &middot January 15, 2019

11 Blogging Tools To Try in 2019

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in Writing & Blogging &middot January 15, 2019

11 Blogging Tools To Try in 2019

11 Blogging Tools To Try in 2019

I don't know how it's already the middle of January 2019, but here we are. And we're talking about blogging tools you can try in 2019 to grow your blog! These 11 tools are ... Read the Post...

My 2019 TBR List
in Lifestyle &middot January 11, 2019

My 2019 TBR List

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in Lifestyle &middot January 11, 2019

My 2019 TBR List

My 2019 TBR List

We're firmly in 2019 now, so it's time to think about a very important task this year: reading. I'm trying to read 30 books this year, which is basically 2.5 books a month. ... Read the Post...

My Biggest Fear Realized
in Health &middot January 8, 2019

My Biggest Fear Realized

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in Health &middot January 8, 2019

My Biggest Fear Realized

My Biggest Fear Realized

Hello, friends. It's a new month, a new year, and hopefully everything is hunky-dory for you in 2019. But for this blog post, we're going to go back to November 30, 2018, and ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle &middot December 1, 2018

Kate’s Historical Fun Facts [Vol. 6]

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in Lifestyle &middot December 1, 2018

Kate’s Historical Fun Facts [Vol. 6]

I've only got one fun fact for you today, but damn is it a good one. King George V's death was hastened by his doctor so that the death would run in the morning ... Read the Post...

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2️⃣ I got a hair cut last week and then I looked nice at one point!

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Background: I have tarsal coalition and rheumatoid arthritis and had subtalar fusion in my left foot in 2009 and in my right in 2018. While this was started because of the tarsal coalitions, it is a surgery that can help rheumatoid arthritis, too. 

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