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Self-neglect in the Form of Productivity | 3 Realizations from my abusive routine
My work is not my identity. I am a person, and my productivity at work and my work itself do not define who I am.
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3 Tips for Crawling Out of Mediocrity
That may be one of the main reasons why I feel inadequate — I am afraid to get out of my comfort zone.
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The Never-Ending Struggle to Continue
Consistency is a trait that I don’t currently have, and by the looks of it, I still have a long way to go to achieve that. I have expressed my frustrations on one of the episodes of The Good Life with David podcast, if you want to hear it, you can check it here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/yPOVIIZskwb…
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Is quitting good or bad?
TRIGGER WARNING: Mention of self-harm. Yes and no, in a nutshell. When I was a teenager, I had so many aspirations in life. I wanted to be this and that; I wanted to be here and there, and I wanted all the good things life can offer. As a young, naive boy, the sky’s the…
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Thirst for Productivity
There was a Spanish man named Gabriel March Granados who was supposed to be sentenced to 384,912 years for failing to deliver 42,784 letters and opening at least 35,000 of them and stealing some of their content that was worth well over 50,000 euros. If the sentence had been pushed through, he would have been…
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When Life Gives You Too Much Lemons
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. According to The Idioms website, the largest idiom dictionary on the web, this simply translates to making the best out of a difficult situation or making something sweet out of something bitter. Growing up, I viewed these lemons as opportunities or chances, not something particularly negative or difficult. And so…
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How to Ask Help Without Asking for it?
I have been asking this question to myself and to other people indirectly for so long and I have yet to find answers to it. Looking back, I grew up under strict parenting. And based on what I read in one article, kids who grew up with strict parents tend to have a harder time…
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When the Doors are Locked
I grew up a crybaby, I easily tear up; my heart is so soft. This is mainly because my mom spent so much time crying her eyes out in the bathroom during her pregnancy. I might have inherited all the traumas and sufferings she was dealing with back then. This is the only viable explanation…
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How To Combat Feelings of Inadequacy
To make it simple, inadequacy basically translates to not being good enough or insufficient. This word came to my knowledge when I heard it from a line in Coach Carter when Timo Cruz said, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is…
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What Happened To Your Passion?
Things change in life and it changes fast; in most cases, we get left behind. When I was a little bit younger, I wanted to do many things and I urged myself to become an achiever. I shifted my attention from one possible career to another almost instantly. It’s only until recently that I finally…
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