Why We Shouldn’t Depend on the Gym for Mental Health
Exercise is fundamental for maintaining mental health, but we can achieve these outcomes without the gym if needs be
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This is the Problem With Green Grass
There are two friends. One friends needs to continually achieve in order to feel fulfilled. The work is never done to an extent. Once one goal is achieved the next one is set and the friend keeps moving. It’s part of the reason they succeed. Because dissatisfaction is a constant state of being, the itch […]
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The Junk Value Epidemic
I watched a TED Talk by Johann Hari last week about why there seems to be more people than ever suffering from anxiety and depression in the current era. I’ve gone in on this topic multiple times before myself, but a lot of what he said made sense too so I read into it. In […]
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Tough Decisions and Lessons in Identity Formation
This week I decided to stop playing basketball, at least for the time being. If you know me, you’ll know that I’ve played basketball since I was 11, and that it has formed part of my identity for most of my life, and for all of my adult life. If you don’t know me, then […]
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Personal Responsibility and Mental Health
I harp on about mental health so often that I think most people assume that my mental health is always good, but that’s not always the case. Maybe some even think I’m a hypocrite at times because I don’t always practice what I preach. Working on your mental health isn’t easy though, and even though […]
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Notes on Stagnating
I have a prominent and sometimes disruptive aversion to stagnating. (‘Stagnant’ is just an awful word in a linguistic sense too but that’s a whole other post.) Becoming stagnant has always been a fear in the back of my mind. It comes from submitting to the idea that if you’re not moving forward, you’re moving […]
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