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Getting Rid of the Last Remaining Amateurishness in My Philosophy
Insight about narrative orientation and sensemaking.
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An Example of How Our Narratives Cause Our Unnecessary Suffering
Near death experience on the highway leads to philosophical insight.
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Oblivion
Lying on the bedjust waiting for the day to endA lonely ember in my handreminding me all that I pretend Smoke rising aimlesslyto meet my dreams at the ceilingMy heart is still beatingthough hopelessly devoid of any feeling I close my eyesand imagine that nothing existsbut even in oblivionmy temptations are hard to resist Only…
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Some Thoughts on Endless Video Content
It’s been 4 days without YouTube now. I can’t believe I’ve managed to do it because in the last 7-8 years, I don’t think there’s ever been even a single day when I haven’t checked YouTube. Even when I was sick in April last year, I think I surfed YouTube whenever I felt a little…
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Resisting the Trap of Doing Too Much Too Soon
I know it’s only been 4 or 5 days since I started applying this philosophically derived planning and management system, but I’m already feeling good about it. It’s the right balance of having a plan while still being flexible enough to deal with life. Like today was the Champions Trophy final between India and New…
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Humans were Born to Run
Today in the morning, I woke up and put on my brand new running shoes and running windcheater and went for a run after many years. Say what you want about consumerism, but having new stuff can act as a powerful motivator. I ran on the four lane highway right above our house because that’s…
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Happy Birthday to Me
This is it guys. I did it. Woohoo! I completed another year on this here planet. What an achievement! You know, there was a moment last year where time stopped and it wouldn’t move forward and I didn’t know if I would be able to complete the year or not but then I pushed really…
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Fighting the Cult of Productivity
In a couple of days, I’ll turn 41 years old. As I prepare to start my 42nd trip around the sun, I’m trying to come up with a time management system that sits well with my philosophy and doesn’t repeat the same mistakes I always make, as I talked about in my last post on…
