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Who am I?
Daily Blog 361 Am I funny? Am I an intelligent thinker? Am I kind? Am I a good person? I’d like to think so. Or at the very least, I strive to be so. But each of us is three versions of ourselves: Who we think we are Who others perceive us as And who… Continue reading
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Magic
Daily blog post 359 I’m happy that I have magic to keep me stable. It’s familiar to me and it reminds me of the little gold nuggets of chemistry that I’ve been able to create with this medium. Much like my writing. I’ve always loved receiving comments about my words–constructive feedback and positive praise. This… Continue reading
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Should I keep trying
Daily Blog post 358 At some point in your life, in fact, at many times in your life, you will probably hit a fork in the road. One path has the sign “Try Again” and the other path says to “Pause” And it is at these fork roads that I often experience the most pain.… Continue reading
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Firsts
357 How often do you do something for the first time? Growing up, everything is a first. All these new stimuli. All these new experiences. It all comes so rapidly. But as you get older, these firsts become rarer. And now you get surprised by them. You’ve never felt this before? It’s a first. It… Continue reading
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I like to look at people’s faces

Daily Blog 356 I like to look at people’s faces. And I know that sounds extremely creepy, but please let me explain myself before you come to an immediate conclusion. There is this… void, that I often feel in my own life. How many times are we going to ask ourselves this question: “What is… Continue reading
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Moving
355 Moving It’s the only thing that is ever constant in our lives The very fact that we move towards something Something we wish we knew Or maybe it’s better not to know? Either way, we move We move towards happiness We move towards careers We move towards a person we like and away from… Continue reading
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My way

Daily Blog post 354 How often do you find yourself trying to justify to other people why you do certain things? The answer should be never. You should never feel the need to explain yourself or justify why you do what you do. After all, the only person who can live your life is yourself.… Continue reading
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Irrational Brain
353 I think the brain is so funny sometimes. We project our feelings and emotions onto others. Or we escalate our own situations. The brain is powerful because it has such a wild imagination. But that imagination can also be negative. It can lead you to escalate the bad into worse. And what’s funny is… Continue reading
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Duck or Rabbit?
This duck-rabbit drawing was first used by American psychologist Joseph Jastrow in 1899 to emphasize that perception is not only what we see, but also something mentally active. Is it bad to be different? Is it weird to say certain phrases, or jokes, or X Y Z? I don’t think there is ever really a cookie-cutter… Continue reading
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