Tag: life
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Working Out How To Work Out
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with working out. I was born in ‘89 and came of age when working out was synonymous with VHS tapes of unitard-clad, maniacal-sounding, puffy-haired, thin people jumping around in circles. Later in college, it was all about cardio and pilates for women and the 300 workout and ab-rollers for…
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Motivation
Think about how old you were when you learned the word procrastination. You may have learned this while falling behind on a project or assigned reading for school. It was basically synonymous with “inadequate student”. There was a time I thought it was strictly tied to homework and once I was done with formal education,…
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The Social Contract According to Seinfeld
I’ve been watching a lot of Seinfeld recently. All of the characters perfectly straddle the line between normal and insane. Yes, even Kramer. And I’ve found I relate to all of them the most when they are defending the social contract. The social contract theory is as old as Socrates and has been argued about…
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When The News Makes You Sad
When I was in my early 20s, I took a current events class in college. I was already interested in news, but I found reading certain sections left me feeling extremely sad, angry or bored. Nevertheless, I persisted and tried to memorize the day’s news before the afternoon class and the habit continued. In 2017,…
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Humans : Part I
During a session with my therapist I was telling her a story about my childhood per the custom and she said to me, “Oh that’s why you don’t treat yourself like a human.” I must have been pretty taken aback because after what seemed like an eternal pause she said, “That was intense, I’m sorry.”…
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Jumping With Your Eyes Closed
Anyone who knows me knows that my dog is the love of my life (sorry, Chris). My relationship with him is the longest I’ve ever had. When I was young and reckless in college, he gave me life. He gave me a reason to take care of myself because I needed to take care of…
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A Pocket Full of 2015
Life is always changing somehow. It’s hard to look back and really remember times that were uneventful. And although this year was challenging in a lot of ways, it was also rewarding to have lived through it all. I tried not live in fear of the future and mistakes. To instead look forward…
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How spring break gave me an open mind
My cousins came to visit me this past week during their spring break. They brought the ghost of college past with them and I’m still trying to kick it out. My cousin is 18 and she is my pride and joy. I have a very special bond with all of my cousins but she is…
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Why you should say “I’m sorry” less
I had trouble deciding what to write about this week since last week was so heavy. I’m glad I wrote that post but I regret not have a transition plan. You can’t exactly go from writing about death to writing about silly, irrational fears. My instinct was to apologize for not posting this Monday and thankfully…