One of the most difficult part of being an adult is figuring out your budget. It would be great if we could all go through life just spending money anyway that we wanted to, but that does not seem to be a realistic option. The older I get, the more careful I have to be […]
Read MoreYou know, I have a reputation for being an extremely difficult human being. I don’t think that I actually am that challenging, but I do recognize that I have a lot of impulsive behaviors that can be hard to understand. Often times, I am operating on the same old fight, flight, fries, and fawn responses […]
Read MoreYou should never burn bridges. That’s something that I learned a very long time ago, after making many mistakes in this area. When I was younger I used to get into conflicts with other people and walk away forever. I didn’t really care if we ever got along again, because they had hurt me in […]
Read MoreSometimes I wonder if the universe is actually plotting for us. I think a lot of us have the negative nihilistic mindset that the world is often working against us and trying to sabotage all of our happiness. However, it seems to me like an awful lot of events just fall into my lap in […]
Read MoreI have recently been learning a lot about Neuroscience. Don’t be impressed, it is for my job and for my education. However, I have found a lot of the concepts to be extremely useful in my day-to-day life. For instance, recognizing that you have a shorter attention span when you are stressed out is very […]
Read MoreI am so glad to be in my thirties. I know that a lot of people have built up this age to be a negative event in your life, but I disagree. The moment that I turned 30 years old was the moment that I stopped caring so much about everything. Suddenly, I felt confident […]
Read MoreMy family is extremely cheap. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that we were raised with very few resources and therefore everybody became extremely skilled in providing for themselves with less. I don’t think there is anything wrong with having this Thrifty kind of Lifestyle, but I do believe that it can be destructive at […]
Read MoreSometimes I think that I’m just not meant to interact with other human beings. I don’t have any kind of problem with my own species, but it seems like we have connection errors. Whenever I’m speaking, I see my peers’ eyes glaze over. Whenever they start talking, I couldn’t be less interested. Unfortunately, being a […]
Read MoreFor the past several months I have been trying to find the right financial balance in my life. I need to earn enough money to survive and to keep putting extra money into the bank. At the same time, I have to be very careful about my workaholic tendencies. I have a hard time shutting […]
Read MoreI have to say, I have been taking a long walk down memory lane lately. I think there is something about the season changing as well as the environment that I’m in. I keep having interesting memories come up from the depths of my psyche, where they were clearly deeply buried for many years. One […]
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