March 2019
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excited
Past two weeks I’ve been quite stressed out about life about education vocation career but now I think I can turn that stress into excitement excitement for the future to do things to use my failures as motivation to create meaningful work there’s always an opportunity to turn negative energy into positive action and I Continue reading
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We have a soul
How do we know we have souls? There are many theories and ways to arriving to an answer But I think the most compelling response to why we have souls? We love the dead. We love past the physical body. It’s not something we see The soul is a feeling P.S. I published another Continue reading
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Overloading
Sometimes I think that I put too much stress on myself Sometimes I think I don’t do enough I guess in the end that means I’m doing the right amount But it’s important to pause and reflect when you feel as if you are overloading Overflowing It’s a dangerous place to be Continue reading
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Rope
Nietzsche says that “Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman–a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling and halting.” Humanity is beautiful because we are a bridge between our facticity and our transcendence. We are both at the same time who we Continue reading
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Sitting here
Every time I catch myself thinking about how much better my life could be, I realize is wasted energy that I could instead be using to accomplish the life that I truly want. And most of the time it’s more reading and writing time!!! Wooo my life is good Continue reading
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Meditative
It’s difficult to meditate when you have so many thoughts and dilemmas But it’s also the most important thing to do Physical stress is easy to notice–your body is tired and reacts But overloading your mind can be very passive Remember to give your thoughts a break Thinking too much can hurt And I’ve been Continue reading
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Life is a Grocery Store
I’ve been having some life dilemmas recently Regarding my education, career path, vocation, existentialism… and I talked to a professor at Villanova today who is the head of the Honors department and he gave me this great analogy: A lot of people think of life as a sprint. But life isn’t a sprint. It’s a Continue reading
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Not sure
I wish I was the best at making decisions Isn’t that sort of what we all inherently want to be better at? We know we shouldn’t eat junk food Or sleep past noon We should study instead of going to that party But some decisions aren’t cut and dry like that And those decisions are Continue reading
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Deferring the Good
Don’t Because it’s better to love what is good Than to love what is powerful Loving what is good will lead to happiness Or so I hope so… Continue reading
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Another podcast episode
Hey guys. So I did another podcast episode because Tuesdays are for podcasting and I plan to stick to my schedule! (Be a DISCIPLINED half-ass, NOT a lazy perfectionist). It still feels very weird but I think I’m getting better at this… Anyways, I spent my spring break in Switzerland, and besides noticing how Continue reading
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