Tag: life lessons
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Ideal
I sometimes confuse my ideals with the reality of living. They cloud my judgement often as I look for some way to paint the world with colors of betterment for all mankind. Until life shows me that I am a fool. Ideals are the targets. Like perfection, they are never to be achieved, as perfection…
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Finding Value
Why do we do the things we do? Are we pushing things to an end? What is that end? Are we responding to our ego? Are we responding to fear? Anxiety? What is driving the decisions we make? These questions and more have been gnawing at me these last few weeks as I’ve been struggling…
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Incremental
Jordon Peterson says as one of his rules for life: “compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today”. It was one of the rules that was included in his work “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos”. In my personal life, this has been one of the most…
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Returning to Life
Last week was vacation for me from my day-job. Indeed, I also decided to lay off writing for the week, choosing to use the time to focus on reading instead. In conjunction with the reading, I wanted to think about what I was trying to do. Writing is not an easy job, as simple as…
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Bad Nights and Long Mornings
Coming off Tuesday’s post, I wanted to write more on the topic, not only doing a deeper dive into the actual links between anxiety and procrastination, but also on my own emotions. Honestly, last night it came to a head while I was sitting in front of my laptop with the full intention to attempt…
Jeremy C Kester 