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Musings: 5 Facts about everyday life that are enormously unfair

|September 12, 2020

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Musings: 5 Facts about everyday life that are enormously unfair

Fairness in life is subjective. When things are going smoothly for you in life, everything seems fair. You’re riding high on the clouds, soaking in all the wonderful thin...

Musings: Too much positivity can retard mental development

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|August 08, 2020

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Musings: Too much positivity can retard mental development

Reinforcing only positivity whilst denying negative emotions turns into a toxic loop. Positivity is a booming industry. Libraries are filled with thousands of books prais...

Musings: Forgiving is hard but necessary for your well-being

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|August 01, 2020

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Musings: Forgiving is hard but necessary for your well-being

Forgiving is hard, but it’s healthy. Set yourself free. Let bygones be bygones. Forget and move on. Kiss and make up. However, forgiving is easier said than done....

Musings: Your feelings are going to ruin your life

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|March 07, 2020

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Musings: Your feelings are going to ruin your life

Your feelings are going to ruin your life. That probably seems surprising to anyone who thinks their feelings will be what make their lives. It’s not failure that will ru...

Musings: Imbibe better principles rather than seek inspiration

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|February 22, 2020

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Musings: Imbibe better principles rather than seek inspiration

If you feel lost, or as though you don’t know where you want your life to go next, or worse, fear that everything you have built could come crashing down, you don’t need...

Musings: Quiet people are the real influencers around the world

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|February 15, 2020

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Musings: Quiet people are the real influencers around the world

They told me I was qualified for the job, but I was too quiet. “You’re not vocal enough,” the hiring manager told me. “People will walk all over you.” The company I worke...

Musings: How hard is your hard work?

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|February 01, 2020

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The inspiration for this post regarding hard work came from an unlikely (or likely) source since I am an avid bibliophile. I read Haruki Murakami’s acclaimed novel Norweg...

Musings: Your best is all that you can do

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|January 25, 2020

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Musings: Your best is all that you can do

We all want to be the best in our endeavours, but it can be hard to know what that really means sometimes. Does it mean we want to better ourselves? Or does it mean we wa...

Musings: How to carve your authenticity

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|January 18, 2020

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Authenticity means something different to everyone. Maybe it’s a singer who sounds even better live than on their albums. An artist who does everything by hand. A writer...

Musings: Wherever your mind goes, your body follows

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|January 11, 2020

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Musings: Wherever your mind goes, your body follows

You have a mind. You have a body. You have thoughts. The question is: Where are they all going? You tell me, and I’ll tell you what your mind is attuned to. It’s not rock...