Dear Younger Brothers,
Enlightenment-lite
There’s a ridiculous amount of pressure on people to endure things they shouldn’t have to. “Pain is gain” isn’t necessarily…
Looking back at life in my thirties, I thought I had everything a person could want. I lived in a…
SHOULD YOU FORGIVE YOURSELF IF YOU MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE
Often times we do things wrongly. It could be the way we treat a friend or a lover, or as serious as a career. It may even be a really small mistake, so small it makes you mentally thump yourself in the forehead several times. It costs you so much loss and breaks…
I’m on the verge of taking a huge risk!
A short follow up to my blog post about seniority in design.
These days, people assume that I’ve always been confident and comfortable speaking in front of a room full of strangers or having to speak up and lead…
When I was four years old, I almost drowned in East Hampton, New York. I jumped into the ocean with my…
I have no one to blame for my life but myself.
Edit: This is part of a series that culminated here, Next post. Previous post.
Edit2: I consolidated all the posts of the piscine daily posts here
Edit3: You can read up about what it’s like as a cadet at 42 here
If I had one purpose in life, it would be to communicate myself as clearly as fucking possible to others. Unfortunately, we can…
If wishes were horses…
What would I wish for in the Ideal Partner?
曾經跟胞姊有過這樣的對話……
我：「我覺得看書比起看影片可以真的學到東西，而且資訊比較會留在腦袋裡。並且書籍可能是作者傾注了20甚至30年的劇作。影片看過就忘了」
Back to school. Sigh.
Thank you for your response.
That being said, “prejudice + privilege = racism” is your personal definition. In reality, racism is a subset of prejudice - all racism is prejudice, but not all prejudice is racism. Other (and historically deadlier) forms of prejudice involve religion and ethnicity…and all forms of prejudice…
We are walking through a picturesque university campus, one of the many we have visited on this…
Do you need a Life Coach?Do you follow your heart or the heart of others?
Do you need to be with the crowd or can you stand-alone?
My parents divorced when I was eight and my brother was five.
The life of all people is made up of relationships. The most important relationships…
by Dr. Donna Roberts
“Every single life is valuable…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjSQNmC7M7g
Se fosse, significaria mudança de propósito, reviravolta, crescimento e evolução. Soa clichê, mas é verdade. Este ano, aprendi que as coisas passam e que são exatamente o que elas são. “A gente vive o que a gente tem”, disse…
What scares you but also sparks feelings of excitement? What do you want that you’re afraid to go after, but could change your life forever?
A lot of my growth comes from leaning into the spaces in my life where there is curiosity but…
“Werner wonders in the dead of…
Table talk means informal conversation carried on at meal.I am to excited to tell about my experience of 1st time table talk with such an amazing and highly respected Personalities.Yes I am talking about none of them respected Navy of Pakistan co commander and lft…
We all deal with considerable “insincerity,” even here where we have a forum for original thought. So many writers find articles and stories they like, figuring they’ll make it their own—especially in the self-improvement category. “Writing to be seen” appears to be the order of the day, from texting to self-publishing. Books today are about being…
It’s inspiring to know how gracefully you grappled with what you had to go through. Pain and discomfort are the first steps towards growth and wisdom. Sending you best wishes and praying for you to have an insightful journey towards healing and happiness. :)
Nature has always left a secret message to mankind. Albert Einstein once said, “Look deep into nature, and you will…
I wrote this journal entry one year ago.
I’m grateful for the support I have…
Are you a hero in your own life?
The last day of August and today is one of the better days of the week.
My view on relationships and breakups is skewed, it’s true.
I haven’t ever even been in a true relationship; I had a significant other when I was 18/19, and I guess being that age I was sort of wild, thinking I probably loved him and was the best…
Curiosity is the better part of judgmentalism. Curiosity is about open-mindedness, a mindset that refuses to judge as a default response. A curious person is more interested in asking questions than finding answers.
Nobody behaves uniformly throughout life. If somebody is rude to us we tend to judge her by this single…
I’ve always had that feeling that people don’t like me because I don’t talk that much…
There’s an unfortunate downside to this. I’m an active member of our local kink community. I’ve met more than a few shell-shocked vanilla guys who wander into our scene- not because they’re looking for fun- but because they got in way over their heads and were trying to piece together what happened.
Isn’t it ironic?
After I wrote a post about how I wouldn’t stop writing because I didn’t want to…
But Don’t Fail Right Out of Business
Important assignments are full of surprises and uncertainties this time. Visa issue took unexpected twists and turns, some because of our overall unawareness and lack of foresight.
भुगतान
आज तो सरिता जी को बिस्तर से उठ कर बैठा भी नहीं जा रहा था पूरे बदन में जकड़न सी हो रही थी आंखें भी खोलने की इच्छा नहीं हो रही थी । उन्हें ऐसा लग रहा था मानो अब उनके जाने का समय नजदीक आ गया । वैसे भी अब तो उनका यही काम ही रह गया था, चुपचाप तनहाई में अपनी मौत का इंतजार करना...... पिछले पाँच सालों से वह इस वृद्धाश्रम में…
In my previous post, I shared what I experienced during my first Personal Quarterly Offsite. Leading up to it, I had started to recognise some signs that indicated I really needed to take a break.
I’m not sure if it’s possible for me to go on a hike without Robert Frost’s words rising up in my…
It must have been more than a decade since I read the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey…
What are things that you strive for in your life? If you are a student, it could be getting a high GPA…
On Nov. 6, 1982, you welcomed me into the world with open arms. You made the first moments of my life a pleasant and smooth…
I worked as a chef for a well-known international hotel chain. For all of its espousing their mantra of, “We take care of our employees because they take care of our guests,” the fact that they outsourced management of groups of their hotels (at least in the U.S.) to management companies led to arbitrary rule-bound cultures which did not become…
Growth is never coincidental- Tope Hassan
After an unexpectedly long hiatus I have made it back to my weeknotes. My inner monologue is telling me to apologise for my absence…
I’d like to feel better, so I need to get something off my chest.
We had a long and lovely story. 8 long years. Almost a decade. I can’t tell you how happy I am to have memories that I can look back on and smile about. The days we spent together were some of the happiest and best days of my life. But then again, we should…
I mean I’ve always “been” fat.
And even then, I haven’t been “fat”. Sure, by the old definition of the BMI scale, I’m overweight. But after a whole year of working out, I weigh the same as when I…
“Where am I going? What is my next move…
My heart called the other day. He asked if we could meet tomorrow after work. “It’s been a while since we’ve talked. I follow your adventures on the Instagrams — looks like you’re doing great.” he said. “Tell me about your travels. I want the inside scoop!” he continued. We agreed…
This post is going to be about how we are supposed to find balance in our journey to achieve our goals. Please take note, however, that I’m not giving a solution. I wish I had one, but my mind is usually just filled with questions…
As I surfaced from the Shanghai metro exit, the sun beams down so hard that I am giving the…
Perfection is one’s perception.
A change in perception could be the result of a ‘change in quality’ in perception itself. Similarly, a change in quality may often results in a revised perception. Hence there is no end to perfection. Perception…
There’s a rough patch
in the green, green grass
Twenty years ago, it was just the three of us and we were all a bit uneasy. Small cell carcinoma brought us together in this hospital room in a way nothing else could. I was just north of my 28th birthday and my estranged sister was next to my father’s bed, staring intently at the highway…
I’m the sort of person who makes myself busy.
Ironic how I took the time to write about being busy when I could just get on with my day and finish some, if not all of my tasks.
This week I launched The Art of Focus. If you got it this week I’d very much appreciate a review of the book. Reviews are what help the book reach more people because they affect the Amazon ranking. It’s very inexpensive for a while longer then I’ll be marking the…
Dear Dusty,
Thank you for your response. I appreciate how much effort you put into it, and into trying to deal with finnicky technology. Although I am not sure what <VBG> is? I am only aware of the acronym that stands for “venous blood gas” although I’m pretty sure that’s not what you meant to say. Was it in place of an…
This is a really awesome quote. I think that all too often people try to manipulate the consequences to their gain or either attempt to minimize the damage that will result in their poor choice. I love this simple concept that goes like this; “If you pick up one end of a stick, you’re going to lift up the other end.” That’s a natural law. It…
“Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity…
You always hear people say, “back in my day” or, “when I was younger.” Then they go on some rant about how much better things were back then and how much simpler of a time that they lived in. With technology being so advanced now, I can get the simplistic side of things, but not really the…
Here’s your round-up of the top stories from the past week in the FIA World Rally Championship…
B eautiful interpretations
R endering of her life
Many times in our lives we get encountered by situations persuading us to quit, to give up all that we have achieved during the process. It is at this time that we feel useless, lonely, denied and keep on thinking in our minds — “Why always me?”. We feel betrayed by most of the people around…
I’ve learned many lessons over the last six years or so. Lessons that I’m still learning today. One of the trickiest things to…
Literally when I say this, you’ll should shut it and listen.
If you have a best friend, or a childhood friend, do not take them to a place you call home, cause it’ll just break your friendship.
The Gnani can help you control the mind
Sepuluh tahun yang lalu. Aku masih memakai celana panjang merah sebagai kegiatan sehari-hariku di sekolah. Aku dibesarkan di Pulau Dewata dan tinggal di sana selama satu windu.
Tapak Suci adalah olahraga yang kugeluti. Almamater pertamaku berembel Muhammadiyah. Salah satu…
The Body as a spaceship
We have come to believe our time ship is a property
My question for restarting life was if you were meant for you alone? Why do beings, those similar to you, those different from you, exist?
Currently, poetry
There is life after romance And romance takes its name after life
I share all my favorite memoriesWith all my favorite people here on Earth
#16 How does it play out;
Let me in on that secret if you could.
-Akila Sridhar
Would you even remember all the moments we shared? Do you recollect all the times we had together? Do you even recall the times I was in your arms and I had you lay in mine?
(17) The Dress In The Wardrobe
There is a dress in my wardrobe that I bought many years ago. An outfit I have never had the chance to wear. It’s not an everyday dress. So I have to wait for the right occasion to arrive. The only problem is that when the occasion comes, I can’t fit into it. Or I manage to lose couple of…
This Life
This life sometimes!!!
Really!!
At times you sit and wonder about this life.Trying to figure out what it is like to have a perfect life.
I devour content on Medium.
Then compare what I think and write to the content that I’ve read. I’m not pithy…
This is my first blog ever, so I would like to first introduce myself.
It passes. You go on to be who you want to be. If you want to.
Pada malam itu,
(sunyi, sepi, suara jangkrik dan lampu oren yang menyala hangat)
When I heard that I will be sent on my third assignment during my short newspaper internship, a wave of elation…
Is the only thing we need.
And it’s the only thing we have.
So choose wisely…
Originally published at yanngirard.typepad.com.
J Cleveland Payne,
Desire for money can cover up true living. I think Dave Ramsey has the way to get to making a comfortable life. Have you heard of Financial Peace. It’s not as much about how much you earn but how much you spend.
I forgot burnout existed.
If you live a life that’s more disciplined, you also leave yourself susceptible to burning out.
That’s what I’ve seen, at least.
Great core point in this article. I need to get better at focusing primarily on the process.
But don’t you think the outcome still plays a role, at least in so far as it helps us define what “the process” should look like?
Stories o Relative Insignificance
I boarded the coach. I was 18 I guess. I didn’t need any permission to leave the country. My dad had bought me a new set of clothes which was really unusual. He always thought that I would always spend money on cigarettes and coffee at school, which wasn’t true but my aunt and uncle told him…
You know what I’m talking about. We’ve all been there.
#15 Bad habits;
I’ll pretend leaving and pretend again that you held me
Without denying the relevance of your personal experience, both your critique and the NYT article inevitably fall into the argument of the pot calling the kettle black. This is because the premises of both arguments are merely about the management of depression, and not the foundation of a theory of depression. This is made evident in the highlighted…
For many, including myself, i have big dreams to travel the world and to see different cultures and experience new things. These dreams were cultivated most as i spent 2 years in different parts of the Philippines, learned their culture and language, and wondered to myself “what else is out there?”
Why I’ve been an unsuccessful self-starter so far.
Since finishing Maker’s, I have been applying for jobs and generally looking for opportunities. Job hunting is difficult. I’ve had some bad luck and I find it easy to doubt myself so sometimes I get carried away with the idea that I’ll find some other opportunity, make loads…
First things first, I don’t have the answer to the question mentioned as the title. I just want to shed some light or what ever I can, on the matter.
Thinking of them now, Bridget — the affirmations so many encouraged me to say — I realize I did “spit them out.” They felt foreign, wooden — did not take root.
Thanks for this affirmation-enhancing post, which felt True.
Fascinating …
I mean it is all fine and well to want to define friendship on the basis of the good…
Imagine that it’s 20 years from now. Write an essay describing what your life is now like. Although you should mention your career, describe yourself not as career pursuant, but try to imagine the kind of person you wish to be.
“I’m impatient. I get angry every day.”
“I’m indecisive. I just can’t make decision fast.”
“I’m not creative. I can’t think of new ideas.”
The truth about love.
Love is calming
Love is peace
It’s the part of us
That exist without limitation
Or any regards of ideology
It’s relaxing and free
Wandering Thoughts
Things that i do which i dont even understand WHY like..
No seed hates:
Buried alive,
Holding no grudge,
1 Corinthians 7:1–2 (KJV)Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Often, when you’re weighing a decision, people throw out the advice to make a pros and cons list. But, a pros and cons list might not be the best decision model to use.
I wasn’t even considering an accident.
Splat.
We have a hard time staying in the present because it doesn’t “move” enough. Just like our apps and games, we need motion, conflict and humor. If we don’t see it in front of us, our mind searches its own library. We reflect, in other words, hoping it’ll either entertain or reward us. When bad memories surface, we contemplate different outcomes, we…
A great podcast host named Rich Roll always speaks of balance as a pendulum that swings back and forth. Such that at some points in your life the focus is heavily in one area, and at others the pendulum swings to the opposite side and you may be focused there. He always says that if you look at his life from a day to day perspective, it may not be…
“Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the mastery of it.” -Victor Hugo
On Writing
Before this site I did not write much. I mean, besides filling out one of these anxiety worksheets, I didn’t write at all. I actually didn’t even read that much. From the outside looking in, that may not seem truthful as I’m posting every week about a few amongst the many articles I’ve read, but it really is. This…
Once upon a time, as all good stories start, a young man from a small town, won a scholarship to a prestigious university. He was a smart cookie and had worked hard. As a result he now had the opportunity of a lifetime. A degree from this University would change…
Can anyone seriously claim it is a privilege these days to be mentally ill?
What makes Drew’s tantrums any better or any worse than Trump’s tantrums?
Would you object to re-naming your story to: “When Mental Illness sleeps at the Whitehouse?”
just a grain of salt,
S
31 August 2018 — Even-Mindedness
‘The quality that is precious is the quality of even mindedness in all situations. (Sri Sathya Sai Baba).
This quote popped into my mind as I sat to write this blog and I realised in one fell swoop that I most certainly have not exhibited ‘the quality of…
I didn’t go to University.
I never wanted to go.
I have nothing against it, it just didn’t feel right for me.
Which is funny because yesterday I stepped into lecture theatre for the first time… to give a…
Ever heard of a game called “share or steal”?
It’s based on the prisoner’s dilemma and has been around for a while. They had it on the radio the other day. Two people in studio and a total prize amount for them to split. They have to choose one of the options…
As a kid I always wanted to be a star. I watched celebrities on tv and always thought I wanted to do the things I saw them doing. However I never knew what it meant to be a star. The hard work and sacrifices long days and late nights I understood that. But more importantly what I never expected was the soul work. In order to be a star I found out…
Sometimes I think we are so full of ourselves there is barely room for anyone else. I found in my own life, that my days became far more enjoyable when I decided I had room for others. This is a great post, Nupoor. Your good heart is right out in the open.
The reason you want to be that is because that’s who you are truly. As a onion has many layers so do you we’ve all seen the skin of the onion it sheds really easily usually with a touch or two.
Climbing the Success Hill-part 1 of 7- Commitment
I am here to show a realistic way to become truly successful. The first step is commitment.
Recently, I have just started my new semester of my senior. Unfortunately, I have failed one subject called currency&banking, I think that’s karma for sure since I haven’t contribute any efforts into studying my classes which is all about “Financial Management” but…
Michael Shook,
Attitude is everything.
It is what allowed Viktor Frankl to survive the concentration camp, and it is what allows us to be happy or not, successful or not, and enjoy our life, or not.
Stop! I’m commending you stop reading this post!
As someone — — maybe your teacher, your family, or your friend — — replied you “ I can understand. ” when you shared your sorrow or worries, how did you feel?
Friday Feeling: Ascension
Higher vibrations and frequencies cause awareness and a consciousness. One evolves to a place in which we have greater peace, inner calmness and clarity. And, the result is an “Ascension” from worrying about things that are unimportant and focusing upon what matters in life.
