Category: 4. Live Less Bad
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Fundamentally Safe
I listen to Jeff Warren’s guided meditation. The way he takes me onto meditation trips is mischievous and accurate. At the climax of his “simple meditation” trip, he asks us, to be very still, quiet, and edge ride between openness on one hand, and having this delicate direction for our attention on the other, and…
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Plugging Back Into The Matrix
I whined about why I stopped using Blinkist. I am about to use it again. The main reason why I am ready to give it another go is because in the ~2 years since I last used it, I have gotten better at summarising, taking notes, and turning those notes into meaningful ingredients. I have…
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Super Heroes đŠčđ»
“Who is your super hero?” I used to ask this as an interview question. I liked it because it was fun and telling. I am 45 and I am to have some fun answering this question again. Muse like Austin Kleon and master the skill to be in awe with life’s most mundane things. See…
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A Pretty Good Deal
Not everything will be okay. While you are downing your almond milk CBD latte, 5 toddlers starve to death. A sales boss once said to me, “the closer you stick to reality, the better your team performs.” While you are cursing at me, you just had another warm heartening sip of that hippie latte. So,…
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Starting 2021
2021 are just 4 integers, but 4 powerful ones, especially at this moment in time. So let them be powerful. How do you start your day? Some make their bed so then they know, at the minimum, they have accomplished 1 thing. Some meditate, some read, some doom scroll in the bathroom. (đđ»ââïž) We can…
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How Do I Want to Feel in 2021?
In 2020, I wanted to be in the moment more. Turns out that was the appropriate goal. There were many changes and uncertainties in 2020, from COVID to the future of our school to my mental health to my work. I am glad I chose to that goal. It was exactly how I needed to…
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Year 2020, in #Fail
I attempted many things, and most of them ended in ⊠failures. Yea I can say I learned from them, but to me, the best way to salvage those lost time is to muse about them. 1. Journaling Gosh I tried so many times- morning journals, dusk journals, bullet journals, 5 minute journals, 5 year…
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Year 2020, in Words
I am not going to participate in the books-I-read race, because I didn’t read that many books and I don’t like to lose. đ So instead, I want to share the article, the speech, the book, and the blog post that changed me in 2020. 1.The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the…
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I Tried To Fix My Sink and Failed
Sharon took the kids to the in-laws and I had the morning to myself. I had plans- clean up the study, improve the wifi, re-organize the store room, fold laundry, etc. Then I saw the sink was stuck. I decided to tackle it. I took the trap off, removed the gunk, but I could not…
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Year 2020, in Podcasts
Summary: Last year podcasts opened doors to me. I got deeper into meditation, spirituality, and language. They gave me new tools to live life, and then, to cope with 2020. The takeaway from all the top podcasts in 2020 was “inevitability.” History is repeating itself. This saying is glib, but it is true, and very…