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Philosophical Skepticism
Philosophical skepticism is a basis of skepticism that asserts the rationale behind proving the existence of an all-powerful God is beyond human comprehension. Because an all-powerful, all-good God, is a deity that lives beyond the confines of humanity, then the natural world cannot sufficiently provide evidence or reason to prove God’s existence. My question is… Continue reading
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First full week
This first week back from school I’ve been the most productive I’ve ever been while at Villanova. My classes don’t start until 11:30 and 1:30 PM on the 4 days I have class, But I got up before 9 AM every day. I did my morning routine, which consists of making my bed, “washroom essentials,”… Continue reading
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Life in a nutshell
Life in a nutshell to me is a series of events and encounters The encounter practice theory is that every encounter (small moments) and event (bigger moments) in our life is what shapes us. Encounters with people. But some people can cause events. Some books are encounters, some books are events. It’s the age-old saying… Continue reading
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Live to trade another day
Often when I’m day trading stocks and I profit for the day, I want to keep going. I want to use the positive momentum. But what I’ve learned is that often in those instances I start trading with emotion and I end up losing partially the gains I made earlier in the day. Even with… Continue reading
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Book for 2019: The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness
I was inspired by my high school teacher to share the books I’ve been reading and plan to read for 2019 here on my blog. Last year I finished 50 books, and although I did discuss a few of them, I think it would be good for me to reflect on each book I finish.… Continue reading
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Balance
Does balance exist? We all know someone who is getting perfect grades, competing in a team sport, volunteering for the local animal shelter, plays the violin, and writes a food blog. But a part of me thinks that this type of person has to be sacrificing something, right? You’ve probably seen the 4 pillars… Continue reading
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Mindfulness
Meditation and mindfulness are often put in the same boat but in reality they are separate. Meditation is the practice of mindfulness; however, you can live every day without meditation but still be mindful about your life. Mindfulness is a state of peace one achieves by being able to live in harmony with the mind,… Continue reading
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Treatments
This blog post uses information and experiments extracted from the latest book I’ve been listening to on Audible: “Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data” In economics, in sciences, in social sciences, in politics, we care about what works. But how effective are certain treatments? Placebos can be quite powerful. Sometimes they are just… Continue reading
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Finding beauty in the mundane
In essence, if you breakdown what meditation is, it is simply doing nothing. Yet, I continue to meditate. I’ve been meditating at least 10 minutes for the past two months, some days going up to 30 minutes. And I’m just doing nothing. And what about the other mundane perfunctory tasks we must complete? Like doing… Continue reading
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Procrastination and Perfectionism
When I look at my procrastination self, I can’t help but parallel it with my perfectionism. Why do I procrastinate so much? Well, probably because I don’t want to do accounting. But those are mundane rudimentary tasks. Why do I procrastinate on creative things? Like writing longer essays, or start drafting ideas for a future… Continue reading
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