Category Archives: Life Hacks

A Powerful Empathy Exercise

Posted on February 12, 2020 by admin

You understand your reasons behind many of the things you do, including the outcomes that you hope will unfold. However, you don’t always know or understand those things in someone else, so it can be easy to assume the worst … Continue reading →

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3 Great Life Hacks for Stressful Situations

Posted on February 5, 2020 by admin

This year has been wonderful to me overall, with lots of pleasant days and hardly any unpleasant ones. When I have had rough days or even just stressful moments during otherwise good days, I’ve used a few solid life hacks … Continue reading →

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Changing My Stance on Self-Improvement

Posted on January 29, 2020 by admin

My stance on self-improvement has changed as I’ve gone further in this journey. I still love self-improvement and consider myself to be on a self-improvement journey, but I don’t see it the same way as I used to. I used … Continue reading →

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The Daily Stoic: “Reignite Your Thoughts”

Posted on January 22, 2020 by admin

I think about this every so often. There are long stretches during which I stick closely to my principles and other times that I couldn’t be further from them. Sooner or later, no matter how far I’ve drifted from the … Continue reading →

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Getting What I Need Instead of What I Want: An Ice Cream Anecdote

Posted on January 15, 2020 by admin

Sometime last week, I got some lunch and then went for ice cream before going to work. The person at the ice cream shop messed up my order and I only fully realized it once I got to my car. … Continue reading →

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Resistance and Calming the Mind

Posted on January 8, 2020 by admin

The more I learn, the more I realize how much resistance works against me. Putting up a strong wall of resistance in a difficult situation only makes it harder to communicate with whoever else is involved and prolongs the tension. … Continue reading →

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Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020

Posted on January 1, 2020 by admin

(Real quick: this will be my last daily blog post. I’ll still be posting once a week, though, so I’m not going anywhere. Thanks for accompanying me on this journey thus far. I hope you stick around to see where … Continue reading →

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Ringing in the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2019 by admin

Amidst the fanfare of New Year’s celebrations, I can easily forget that things are going to continue as they are once the festivities are over. Just because the calendar changes doesn’t mean that anything else will change. My present habits, … Continue reading →

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2020 Goals

Posted on December 30, 2019 by admin

Like many other people, I’ve been thinking lately about some things I’d like to accomplish next year. I don’t consider these New Year’s resolutions as I think that approach is problematic to say the least. Most of the things on … Continue reading →

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My 2019 Highlights

Posted on December 29, 2019 by admin

This past year would be difficult to describe in a few words or even in one blog post. I could spend ages talking about how 2019 affected me. Instead, I’ll just mention some of the highlights of my year in … Continue reading →

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