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Category Archives: Personal Freedom
4 Ways I Take Extreme Ownership of My Life
One of the most influential books I read last year was Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. It’s inspired me to take more responsibility for my decisions instead of blaming other people or events for things that I … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 Ways I Take Extreme Ownership of My Life, Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink, Leif Babin, money, ownership, responsibility, sleep, time, time management
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A Powerful Empathy Exercise
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
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged A Powerful Empathy Exercise, empathy, energy, mental peace, solving problems, understanding
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3 Great Life Hacks for Stressful Situations
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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Tagged 3 Great Life Hacks for Stressful Situations, Eastern philosophy, Life Hacks, rest, solving problems, Stoic philosophy, stress
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Changing My Stance on Self-Improvement
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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Tagged Changing My Stance on Self-Improvement, connection, control, friends, genuineness, love, meaningfulness, sculpture, sculptures, self-acceptance, self-improvement, self-love
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The Daily Stoic: “Reignite Your Thoughts”
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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Tagged Marcus Aurelius, principles, The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic: "Reignite Your Thoughts", values
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Getting What I Need Instead of What I Want: An Ice Cream Anecdote
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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Tagged economics, Getting What I Need Instead of What I Want: An Ice Cream Anecdote, ice cream, misery, needs, sunk costs, wants
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Resistance and Calming the Mind
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
Posted in Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Alan Watts, Brad Blanton, Eckhart Tolle, inner peace, mental peace, mind, present moment, resistance, Resistance and Calming the Mind, TED Talk, thinking, thoughts
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Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020
(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
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged 2019, 2020, blog posts, food, friends, Goodbye 2019 Hello 2020, journey, juggling, New Year's, rest, socializing, Star Wars, thank you, unicycling, writing
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Ringing in the New Year
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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Tagged celebration, friends, habits, New Year's, Ringing in the New Year, routines, systems
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2020 Goals
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
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged 2020, 2020 Goals, emotions, friends, goals, healing, Humanitarian Plan, New Year's resolutions, plans, unicycling, workout
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