Learning comes in different levels. Reading a book is educational, but you might read thought-provoking non-fiction and find it simple and enjoyable, or you could be reading a book to study for the MCAT and find it utterly frustrating and difficult. You can learn to garden and find it enjoyable, but learning a new job [...]
I heard once about a study in which people made decisions that were better for their future selves (at some expense to their current selves) when they were looking at a picture of them modified to represent what they might look like when they are older. Presumably this is because we have difficulty taking care [...]
I keep expecting someone to hand me the manual for how to lead my life. Do you have yours? Can I borrow it? The longer I live, the less likely it seems that the world will hand me that manual I have been waiting for. I have been spending time learning about personal finances. What [...]
Introduction I usually downplay the fact that I wrote a book. It’s not exactly a best seller, and it is not a long masterpiece that took years of my life to write. Indeed, very few people have read it and probably few ever will. It’s also easy to be on the other side, and to [...]
We are all influenced by others, but you choose who and how much. It might be healthy to look up to someone who is a few years further along doing something that you want to do, to learn from them and be inspired to do well. It might be healthy to look at someone who [...]
What is your goal? How do you want to get there? We must continually revisit these questions. It is easy to compare ourselves to others, or to start chasing the shiny object or getting side tracked by some other different path that sounds fun in the moment. But if it doesn't get you closer to [...]
Some people who thrive in an office environment with regular accountability are struggling right now if they're working from home. If you fall into this category it could help to consider the four types of people as described by Gretchen Rubin. The most common category is distinguished by people that need outee accountability to get [...]
Until recently, I monitored social media but rarely engaged. I rarely liked or commented and hardly ever posted. Even though I enjoyed watching other people post and hearing what was going on with them, I simultaneously felt that participating was not real communication. I was not a social media poster. I was one who wanted [...]
There seems to be an interesting phenomena in Alaska. The Governor is very conservative. Broadly speaking, more conservative states were slower to respond and are quicker to reopen amidst COVID-19. Here in Alaska, we were quick to close down, and while we are reopening, it is happening slowly and it appears to be a popular [...]
The thought crosses my mind: what if this project is a total failure? What if I never achieve my goal or anything close to it? But you see, failure isn't an option. We cannot fail. Ever. We learn and change our goals. Maybe it will never look like our mind's vision. Fine. Wasn't meant to [...]
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