Category Archives: Personal Freedom

What Are You Willing to Do?

What are you willing to do to live the life of your dreams? Whatever it is that you want in life, what changes are you willing to make in order to get it? Depending on what your life currently looks … Continue reading

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Positive Relationships

Any relationship, whether it’s between romantic partners, friends, acquaintances, or family members, requires both participants to want it in order for it to work. If you’re doing all the work, what does that say about the relationship? It means the … Continue reading

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Making Laziness Work for You

Although I can work hard when I set my mind to it, I can also be very lazy without even trying. Most people tend to see laziness as a bad thing and I can also see it that way at … Continue reading

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Moving Away from Materialism

For around a year now, I’ve been working on and off at decluttering and moving away from materialism. I still have a lot of stuff and occasionally buy more of it (usually books), but my interests have changed a lot … Continue reading

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The Source of My Optimism

Until the past few months, I had never thought much about how I developed the strong sense of optimism that I’ve had from a young age. Now that I’ve thought about it for a bit, I think I have an … Continue reading

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Overcoming Defeatist Thinking

I’ve never been good at accepting what I see as artificial limits that some people try to impose on others. This includes not seeing eye-to-eye with anyone who says that the world has always been like this and will always … Continue reading

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Review of The Truman Show

The Truman Show is a wonderful movie. Before I delve into it, I’ll warn you that I’m going to spoil most of it down below, so I recommend skipping this post and watching it for yourself first if you’ve never … Continue reading

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Control

I’ve read several books on persuasion and they’ve helped me protect myself against unwanted influence from other people. I’m still not great at saying no, but I’m a lot better at it than I used to be. However, I’ve noticed … Continue reading

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Unplugging

I’m just old enough to remember what life was like before cell phones became ubiquitous and the internet was THE place to be nearly 24/7. However, I’m also young enough to have fallen into the trap of spending way too … Continue reading

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A Few Reminders

Although I’m framing all of these reminders in the second person, if anything, I’m writing them for myself because I need to keep them in mind. I know my struggles inside and out but I don’t know yours. Still, I … Continue reading

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