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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • Letter no. 22

    Dear reader from the future, Two years into the pandemic, and during the election season in the country, people don’t speak much drama about vaccines and Covid as they used to (before the elections). The national elections have eclipsed the pandemic entirely. You can only hear about Covid in the news like an afterthought—like forecasts… Read more

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  • Life out of order

    Life out of order

    RESOURCE: Book: Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Change (by Bruce Feiler) Podcast highlights: We’re all comparing ourselves to an ideal that no longer exists and beating ourselves up for not achieving it. Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Change (by Bruce Feiler) Often, our ideal for a life well-lived… Read more

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  • There’s too much anger online these days

    I feel weary being on Facebook these days. Is Facebook changing our social lives? If you’ve spent long enough on Facebook, you might agree that emotions are highly contagious within the platform. You might even convince yourself that you are not vulnerable to groupthink but often, the thoughts you allow in your mind become your… Read more

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  • Sometimes, the little things can slip off your mind

    You know what you ought to do. But sometimes, the little things can slip off your mind. And no matter how hard you try to remember everything, you might miss a thing or two (unless your memory is superb and without fail). Make a list so you won’t miss anything you want to finish throughout… Read more

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  • Faux power

    While I was on my way home, riding a bus, I overheard a passenger complain about how he felt disrespected by how the conductor dealt with him. Well, here’s a back story. When the conductor asked this passenger where he was heading to give him a ticket, he responded and added that a discount should… Read more

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  • Wandering can alter how you relate to time

    Have you ever noticed how you could spend the same eight hours differently? From The Wander Society: When we repeat the same activities day in and day out, we limit our ability to have new experiences. Over time our bodies, senses, and brains start to atrophy. Our world becomes smaller and smaller until we are… Read more

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  • Election day is almost here and we’re getting more divided by the day

    Babel is a metaphor for what some forms of social media have done to nearly all of the groups and institutions most important to the country’s future—and to us as a people. Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid When I was in high school, Facebook used to be a… Read more

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