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Tag Archives: relationships
Recent Successes and Struggles
October has been a weird month for me. Among other things, I dealt with some more car trouble. Oddly, while that would normally stress me out more than anything else, it was actually the least stressful thing for me this … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged boundaries, bully, car issues, confidence, courage, dog, family, Friedrich Nietzsche, kindness, love, Recent Successes and Struggles, relationships, Sawyer, Self-Care Through Beard Care
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Transactions and Relationships
Much as I hate to admit it, I find transactional relationships much easier and less stressful than non-transactional relationships. Here’s what I mean. By “transactional,” I mean relationships that are mostly or even exclusively based on what one or both … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People
Tagged dog, love, pain, relationships, Sawyer, stress, transactions, Transactions and Relationships
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Things I Wish I Could Change About My Past
Lately, I’ve been feeling quite depressed over my current life situation, especially after getting some bad news today. There has been a lot of regret over many things I wish I’d done differently in life. Sometimes it boggles my mind … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People
Tagged communication, David Hawkins, dog, emotional intelligence, emotions, family, finances, friends, Letting Go, money, pain, regret, relationships, Sawyer, school, self-care, stress, Things I Wish I Could Change About My Past, time
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Six More Months
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post about how much had changed over the previous six months. It’s been more than six months since that post and even more has changed. I think an update is in order. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged animals, death, dog, healing, juggling, love, pain, progress, relationships, Sawyer, stress, success
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My Take on Endings
From November 2019 until November 2020, Mark Fischbach and Ethan Nestor-Darling hosted a YouTube channel called Unus Annus. They put up at least one video every day for a year and then deleted the channel. This was their plan from … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged best friends, death, dog, effort, endings, Ethan Nestor-Darling, friendship, love, Mark Fischbach, meaning, My Take on Endings, relationships, Sawyer, Unus Annus
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Review of Her
Her is a bittersweet movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. It’s set in the near future and, with the way things are going, tells a story of what could easily happen not long from now. Although it came out … Continue reading
Posted in Great Movies, Inspirational People
Tagged Alan Watts, Amy Adams, Brian Cox, heartbreak, Her, Joaquin Phoenix, love, relationships, Review of Her, romance, Rooney Mara, Scarlett Johansson, technology
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Some More of My Plan
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about ways to make a positive difference in the world. In the process, I’ve devised, adjusted, and abandoned a lot of plans that I hope will create the changes that I want to … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged change, direct alternatives, finances, freedom, indirect alternatives, life situation, personal freedom, relationships, self-improvement, self-improvement work, Some More of My Plan, stability, tipping point
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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
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged acquaintances, familial relationships, friendship, Positive Relationships, relationships
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Review of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I recently watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Somehow, I never heard much about this movie, so I didn’t know what to expect. The brief description I read about it gave me some idea of the plot, but it … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Inception, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, memories, memory erasure, relationships, Review of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, sleep
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Friends and Acquaintances
Most people have many acquaintances and a few friends. They may think they have more friends than they actually do until they stop and think about their relationships. Then they’ll probably realize that several people they thought of as friends … Continue reading
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Tagged acquaintances, communication, effort, energy, friends, Friends and Acquaintances, interactions, perspective, relationships
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