Life
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Looking upward
In isolation during stressful moments, focusing on what’s at hand is easy because there’s nowhere for your attention to go except to what you are dealing with. And the anxiety could easily creep into your head in the form of relentless internal arguments about how things could go from bad to worse. When you isolate, Read more
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Opportunities to do good
With as simple as an online map search while traveling on public transport, you can help some passengers without access to the internet locate their destination without them asking you directly. Overhearing their inquiries about how to get there to a driver who’s unsure how to respond can be an avenue for you to extend Read more
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Does having too much free time still make you happy?
What does having “too much free time” look like? While reading a blog post about upskilling, I was redirected to another online resource about how “too much free time won’t make you happier in life.” From Too much free time won’t make you happier,’ says psychologist—how many hours you really need in a day: …two Read more
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Late-night musings #8
Grade school now seems like a long time ago as I try to recollect my choices from those years. And high school doesn’t seem as daunting as it felt now that I am sitting comfortably in my 30s, doing work I enjoy, and participating in activities I want to be part of. Now, I begin to understand Read more
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Wasting time
“It’s such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.” Pauline “Posey” Benetto, For One More Day How do we waste time? Wasting time begins with a lack of goals. Without direction on what we should accomplish before the day ends, we find ourselves in aimless activities without a Read more
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