motivation
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Knowledge Gaps
What makes a person more qualified or capable of doing something than the next person? Usually it’s because of a knowledge gap. The role of a professor is to close that knowledge gap. The role of a student is to apply that knowledge and further their own skill. The role of a university is to 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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How vulnerable am I?
Daily Blog post 400 How vulnerable am I? I believe that premeditated vulnerability is paradoxically the most powerful state you can put yourself in. We all have insecurities. Baggage that holds us down. Some heavier than others. Some are different colors, different shapes. Some look big but inside there’s nothing but empty space. Some are Continue reading
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I am a terrible person
Daily Blog Post 399 I am a terrible person. In yesterday’s blog post, I said that the best person I know is myself, because, I can only say I truly know myself. I can’t judge other people and say that I know all their nuances and thoughts and machinations of their mind. We are all enigmas. Continue reading
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The best person
Daily Blog Post 398 Who is the best person you know? If you had asked me this question a few years ago, I would have instantly responded with “my sister” But now, I’d probably answer that question in a more self-aware narcissistic way: the best person I know is myself. Not because I don’t think Continue reading
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Loving my body
Daily Blog post 397: “Loving my Body” Up until high school, I would pretend that I forgot to bring a change of clothes for PE class so I could sit out and didn’t have to expose my legs and arms. When I was 10, my class went to Watermania for a field trip. I opted Continue reading
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Golden Mean
Aristotle has this theory on virtues called the “Golden Mean” Virtues are things we strive to have. However, we can have excess and deficiencies of each. Too much courage and you have hubris. A deficiency of courage results in no action. An excess of kindness results in obsequious behavior. A deficiency of kindness and you Continue reading
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No regrets
The only time I regret not studying more for a test is immediately after the test for maybe a few hours. To this day, I still regret not asking out the “pretty girl” in high school for a prom-postal or not starting a YouTube channel earlier or not learning Chinese or saying “No” to potentially Continue reading
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A Full Year of Blogging
Oh. My. God. It has been one year of blogging. I have written a daily blog post 365 times. Whether you started reading my posts from day one, or this is your first time reading my writing, I thank you for being a part of my journey. It’s been a wild year. I’ve always considered Continue reading
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