Why it’s Important to Choose Your Emotions
Choosing your emotional reactions rather than letting them control you allows you to engage in life with less daily stress.
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Why Getting in Shape is the Lowest Hanging Fruit
I understand that this train of thought might be problematic for some considering how popular the fitness industry has become. However, I’m not saying that the fitness industry itself is inherently bad. It can be, and is, quite a positive industry. However in recent years the influence of social media and influencer culture has made […]
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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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What’s the Cost of Being Happy?
I’m gonna keep this short. I’ll be honest and tell you that I’m hammering this out in the minutes before it’ll be posted. I didn’t give time to this week’s post at all, and that’s something I may have beaten myself up about in the past. I spent a few days away with some friends […]
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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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