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“Out of mind, out of sight” mentality
Just because you can’t see the mess you’ve hidden in the dark doesn’t mean you did not take part in hiding it away, nor it ever existed. It’s better to do things right rather than double the effort of making things right, the ones you could have done right in the first place. Read more
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Blinded by ego
When all we can think about is ourselves, then it becomes challenging to see things beyond ourselves. Thinking that the spotlight only revolves around us blinds us from seeing reality. Having an inflated sense of entitlement, thinking that we are the central figure in every encounter we have in this life, affects how we think Read more
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Theory can only take you so far
A theory provides a starting point, but understanding it alone shouldn’t be the goal. Instead, we have to move beyond the theory and use what we learned to understand and apply them to the real world, addressing real problems. As we begin to explore its applications, we’ll soon get confronted with how theories are often Read more
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Too sheltered
The thing about growing up poor or lacking opportunities and choices is that a person could become resourceful to get out of it and rise from poverty or be consumed by it and surrender to poverty. Some who grew up having things easily and being too sheltered from difficult situations and harsh realities in life Read more
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Aging and mobility
In youth, some of us don’t go out as much as we could and prefer to stay indoors, binge-watch movies and play computer games. Because finishing another episode and leveling up in games feel like we’ve accomplished a lot, although the sense of accomplishment is empty and even fleeting. Aging comes with good things, such Read more
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Reflections on becoming
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