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Category Archives: Getting Along with Each Other
Unexpected Joys
Life is full of unexpected joys. These joys can appear at any time and work wonders. They can make a wonderful season even better or make a rough season easier to manage. Here are a few of these joys that … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, joy, kindness, love, Unexpected Joys
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Asking the Right Questions and the Overview Effect
The above quote from Thomas Pynchon has been incredibly influential to me. I think of it more quickly, more easily, and more often than most other quotes I know. Its message is so simple and straightforward, yet the more I … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Asking the Right Questions and the Overview Effect, big picture, connection, floating, higher perspective, love, meditation, overview effect, perspective, Thomas Pynchon, Zoom Out
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A Fantastic Friday
Yesterday turned out to be a surprisingly busy day for me. Despite that, it also gave me plenty of time to rest and have enjoyable experiences with some cool people. Here are the major highlights of my day. I started … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Swing Dancing
Tagged A Fantastic Friday, Amelia Island, Bostons Pizza, Crescendo Amelia Big Band, dancing, floating, swing dancing
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A Life Lesson from My Spanish Lesson
Last year, I started using Duolingo to help me learn Spanish. I managed to stick with it pretty well by making it a daily habit. There were a few days in which I missed the lesson, but a feature called … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged A Life Lesson from My Spanish Lesson, breathing exercises, dancing, Duolingo, habits, routines, Spanish, St. Augustine, swing dancing
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Good Communication
Good communication is essential for modern life. Anything that takes more than one person to accomplishes requires everyone involved to communicate effectively with each other. Unfortunately, I regularly see one example after another of terrible communication, both online and in … Continue reading
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Tagged bad communication, communication, conversations, discussions, Good Communication, ideas, problems, solutions, solving problems
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The Daily Stoic: “Stoic Joy”
For a long time now, I’ve considered joy to be more meaningful than happiness. Joy is something I’ve long considered to be deeper, richer, and more substantial than happiness, cheerfulness, and other similar feelings. There’s something about joy’s ability to … Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, joy, peace, Seneca, The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic: "Stoic Joy"
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Daily Self-Care
One of my favorite chapters in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is the one that encourages us to Sharpen the Saw. This involves taking it slow for a while, making sure we get plenty of rest, and temporarily … Continue reading
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Tagged Always Do Your Best, Daily Self-Care, Don Miguel Ruiz, self-care, self-love, Sharpen the saw, Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Four Agreements
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Layers
When I became serious about self-improvement, I didn’t know what to expect. It became clear early on that this would be painful much of the time, although regular progress and periods of deep peace more than made up for the … Continue reading
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Tagged layers, mindfulness buddy, pain, progress, rabbit hole, self-actualization, self-improvement
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Some Recent Realizations
I had some startling realizations yesterday at work and on my way to get some food after my shift ended. One of them was that I still do a lot of people pleasing in certain areas of my life. Another … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, failure, juggling, People Pleasing, perception, Practice, realizations, self-awareness, skills, Some Recent Realizations, Spanish, success, talents, unicycling
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