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11/05/2022

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There are dangers to impulsive pleasures. It can be a thrill to bet this months earnings in the hope of increasing them but that generally never works out well. There are joys to be had in staying up into the wee small hours and polishing off (more than) a few bottles but how much interest do we end up owing on our borrowed time?โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Most of the time it's just not worth it.
These impulses that we give in to seem like our default mode, when we sit down to study we're gripped by our own little nagging addictions of more fun things we could be doing; checking our Instagram to see if our friends are having more fun than us or refreshing our feeds to see what hit of dopamine the gracious algorithm gods will gift to us.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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We're spinning a bad gameshow wheel. We're constantly losing. These types of behaviours live within us, as do the tendencies for control. What matters is the behaviours and habits we spend time cultivating and paying attention to. Control and discipline are hard skills to learn and harder to stay consistent with.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Like most skills, once we master them to the point where they become our default mode we can start to take in the broader picture. Without these skills, we're only ever a bad decision away from our lives being slowly taken away by impulsivity one bad spin at a time. That said, anything in excess becomes its opposite.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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What we generally see as meaning in life, relationships, friendships and memories can be missed because we felt that not waking up at 6am on Saturday was a nonnegotiable. Moderation is a stoic virtue and not often accredited to the Spock like persona that stoics have been caricatured as. We need to find the harmony to life. It's in discipline, control, moderation and adherence to bargaining with the future and delaying gratification.

09/05/2022

๐˜๐Ž๐”โ€™๐‘๐„ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐’๐”๐๐๐Ž๐’๐„๐ƒ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐„ ๐‡๐€๐๐๐˜โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Do you know when youโ€™re happy? Itโ€™s a fantastic feeling of elation, joy and every other synonym associated with the word! But we know we're happy because we know what the feeling is...
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We're not happy all the time, but we're not sad either. The feeling of contentmentโ€ฆ do you get that? One reason why a large proportion of people aren't content nowadays could be because when we were growing up we were always asked:โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ?!โ€โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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When we had โ€œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฅ โ€ but we still were. We could have the perfect family, live in the finest house, received the best education and so on but that alone doesn't produce happiness. There's the expectation that we're supposed to be happy all of the time. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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We worry that we don't feel happy even though we can have all of these privileges and almost as though we don't feel grateful enough, we're sad that we're not elated at life in general.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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No matter what the circumstance or which way a brain is wired it will not be pumping out serotonin in excess (unless we give it something to facilitate it but I'm not promoting anything here). There is nothing wrong with not being happy all the time. If we were, we wouldnโ€™t know what it meant to be happy. Itโ€™s okay to be sad too. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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That doesnโ€™t mean wallow or feel sorry for ourselves. But we need the sad to understand the happy. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Weโ€™re not supposed to be happy all the time, we should know that. Weโ€™re supposed to understand ourselves enough to know why we feel most of what we feel and to keep watch over ourselves so we know why and what weโ€™re feeling. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!

07/05/2022

๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐ ๐ƒ๐€๐๐†๐„๐‘!โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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We are all so used to abundance and everything being a tap away. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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How often do you stop and actively appreciate that?
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Not only is it a sign of the times, Itโ€™s an unbelievable privilege. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
We live in the era of 8th place trophies and over codling. It's this environment that impedes the path of optimal resistance. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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We have it so so easy and all the majority of people do is demand more?โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Iโ€™m not saying donโ€™t demand the best for yourself, what I am saying is that the best for you is not always the route of instant gratification. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Get out of your comfort zone! If you donโ€™t, you are denying yourself the possibility of becoming who you could be. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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I mean that in the best possible way. Do something hard because it's hard. Learn to embrace discomfort so that you're ready to face it in everyday life.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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It should be expected rather than unnoticed.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Dip your toe in the pool of chaos. Learn how to put yourself out into the world. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!
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06/05/2022

๐˜๐Ž๐”'๐‘๐„ ๐’๐Œ๐€๐‘๐“ ๐„๐๐Ž๐”๐†๐‡ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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There are no shortcuts.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Life is work, and responsibility.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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You are unstoppable if you understand the concept of return on investment in relation to time. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Invest your time into the things that matter; Into yourself, your projects, your learning, your family etc.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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People value and respect the people who work. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Theyโ€™re the people that have the companies worth billions or the life they want as a result of the foundations they laid out for themselves. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Do not buy into the idea of instant success, not that it's impossible but even to get that one time recognition requires work. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Learn to love the process and whatever it is you do in whatever it is you are after.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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05/05/2022

๐–๐„๐‹๐‹ ๐ˆ ๐†๐”๐„๐’๐’ ๐–๐„'๐‘๐„ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐’๐„๐‘๐€๐๐‹๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„๐...โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Not really, hopefully.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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But thereโ€™s only so much that we can know and probably more of what we should know, we donโ€™t.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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The world is too complicated to know. We canโ€™t know it all. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Sometimes no matter how well versed we are in the workings of our world, weโ€™re stunned when something out our control wallops us. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Itโ€™s bitter and itโ€™s suffering and itโ€™s everything that paralyses us. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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This part of us that reacts to these situations and that feels the anxiety is older than the words we use to describe it. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
Thatโ€™s important to know when you try to reason with yourself as to why you should feel safe and why you should know that nothing worthy of all out catastrophe is going to happen despite what youโ€™re feeling at that moment. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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You canโ€™t talk your way out of external events and the feelings they evoke. I think that contributes to why we need to take on our own challenges.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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What you can control is how you see yourself. You can be the person that carries the load or that embraces the cold. Those abstract notions can be very real things that you can ready yourself forโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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And yes to repeat myself as I so often do, these translate to some form of voluntary challenge. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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So we train for life โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Aside from โ€™Treat others as you would like to be treatedโ€™ It seems that religion and philosophy alike agree that thereโ€™s going to be challenges. You canโ€™t be ready for all of them but better to sweat during peace than bleed during war. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!

04/05/2022

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The freedom to express yourself nowadays seems to be about everything but speech.
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In speech and communication in general, there is the freedom to be wrong. More deeply than that, the chance to learn. Mainly by court of public opinion (the people we talk to) we can see if weโ€™re on the right path, in our speech, ideas, and actions. If weโ€™re not its these same people we rely on to tell us, as good friends should.
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That seems to be the way people and societies have developed so far at least.
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Without that freedom, thereโ€™s a hesitancy in this process. If weโ€™re afraid to share our opinions and ideas, how can we know if weโ€™re right or wrong?
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It seems that thereโ€™s an increasing imposition to think a certain way or not to have differing opinions about a variety of topics. Now, most of that comes with the advent of knowledge and a deeper understanding of what we deem right and wrong. However, in a world where there is a hesitancy to express our ideas in public, we run the risk of instead of acknowledging ideas, forcing them into the corner. To some far away place with other bad ideas where they donโ€™t evolve, they devolve.
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We canโ€™t be afraid to talk to each other, weโ€™re going to do it badly and weโ€™re going to laugh.
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Forget the world, start with you,. thatโ€™s how we can share more, grow more and laugh more.
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Thatโ€™s what itโ€™s all aboutโ€ฆ right?
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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03/05/2022

๐˜๐Ž๐”'๐‘๐„ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐‹๐„๐†๐„๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–...โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Waking up can be hard for a lot of us.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Iโ€™m sure we also know that for every day of our life we have to go through with it. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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What we have to do is always look for the ways in which we can employ gratitude.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Be thankful for the privileges we have however small they are.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Every day brings new challenges and obstacles to navigate and learn from but also opportunities, new chances to improve ourselves. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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We need to voluntarily face life and everything that goes with it for it to become any way easier. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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We need to put ourselves through life on our own terms. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Set yourself up for the day by understanding that there are privileges we have, we need to start seeing them. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Ryan 'Gratitude Baby' Collinsโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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02/05/2022

๐ˆ๐“ ๐“๐€๐Š๐„๐’ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐’๐Ž๐‘๐“๐’...โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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You go about life doing your own thing but do you ever stop to look around you? โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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The people we interact with from the shops to the street all have lives. They all have their individual struggles, triumphs, success and failures. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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You need to keep this thought at the heart of all of your interactions.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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The human experience consists of these encounters. We should be grateful for them as they contribute their own individuality to our lives. For better or worse we can look for the opportunity in it.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Things happen for us, not to us so long as we choose to see it that way.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Whenever you find yourself getting annoyed in line at the shops, if people cut you off in traffic etc. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Remember that theyโ€™re human and they probably donโ€™t know any better. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Donโ€™t get angry, have empathy. Remember that youโ€™re not without your own vices. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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30/04/2022

๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐Œ๐€๐“๐“๐„๐‘๐’โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Have you ever wondered if anything you do matters?
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Sometimes people around us and even ourselves (occasionally) lean towards a nihilistic outlook. Our narrative runs with the idea that โ€˜nothing matters so why should I care?โ€™โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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We discard our responsibility, the self imposed and the way of living thatโ€™s necessary to being about a positive existence.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Although the relinquishing of the reigns can be enjoyable for a time, we can get caught in the honeypot that meaninglessness offers.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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I think we know by now that meaning matters. Thereโ€™s meaning in life, in our words, in our interpretations and in our actions.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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So we have a choice; Either nothing matters or everything matters.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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What we do affects us, then to a degree the people around us then the people around them and so on.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Would the way we live our life change drastically if we knew that every action we made meant something?โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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All of it means something. It means that despite the things we go through and all of the flaws we have, we have an ideal to live up to and we better try and get as close as we can.
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Because it matters.
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It really comes down to us. To start living as if we were the clichรฉ and being the change we want to bring about in the world. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!
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29/04/2022

๐๐ˆ๐‚๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐
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The point of this isn't to completely say that we're eternally doomed, in so many words. The point of this is to serve as a reminder to us that throughout life, we're constantly deciding, choosing, acting and reacting. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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We face the world constantly tipping the scales of Order and Chaos and it's not like too much of one is better than the other. Both territories are dangerous waters that need to be tentatively navigated. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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No matter how well you make think you have it or how much of a stand up job you're doing as a person, there's always something that's going to throw you off course. But that's okay. That is life and that is the point. We don't get to say no to tragedy and malevolence. That said, we can make a decent effort to alleviate the parts of it that are unnecessary. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
We do this by asking and more importantly answering the questions we'd rather avoid like "How much time am I wasting?", "How long have I been on TikTok?", "What are 3 things I could do now that would benefit me in the future?" Whatever the case is, if you ask yourself even that last one you can answer it straight away and that lets you know that there IS something to improve. That is something to be thankful for. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
(I promise this is all linked) It's not always obvious to us when we're happy or why we're not when we should be but we certainly can tell you when were unhappy or in pain. We don't get not to live through that but we do get a chance to trim the fat of that through our actions and decisions.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Pick your poison, ask those questions, answer them and do the things that you should do, could do and would do that would make you better off now, tomorrow, next month, next year and for as long as you can. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!

28/04/2022

๐“๐‡๐„ ๐…๐€๐‘๐Œ๐„๐‘ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐—โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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To be right? Or is there something else weโ€™re after?โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Knowing weโ€™re wrong or right might not be why we want to exact revenge, but do we actually think putting someone down will really raise us up? โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Maybe the monkey part of our brain feels a sense of satisfaction but soon after weโ€™ve supposedly โ€˜one uppedโ€™ someone we get a moment of post hoc clarity and then guilt tends to be the resulting emotion. Unless weโ€™re psychopaths but theyโ€™re few and far betweenโ€ฆโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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There are so may stories and parables about revenge, generally re-enforcing the idea that โ€˜revenge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to dieโ€™ or Aesopโ€™s โ€˜The Farmer and the Foxโ€™; โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐˜ˆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜น ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜น ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต; ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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If you ever feel someone has wronged you knowingly or otherwise the best thing to do, if you can, is forgive. Try and talk it out and if all else fails be kind.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Theyโ€™ll never see that coming. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’!

27/04/2022

๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐๐† ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Œ๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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The best conversationalist is often the best listener. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
When we engage in conversation, although we will have preconceived ideas of what the other person might say or of their attitude, we have to disregard those preconceptions if it is to be in any way mutually beneficial. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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No one has had the exact same experiences that you have so trust that ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Always assume that the person you are listening to might know something you donโ€™t... That way you stand to learn something from each interaction, you might gain perspective on something, an idea you might not have considered before could occur to you or you simply learn something about the person.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Your wisdom comes, not from what you know, but in the continual search for knowledge. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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Socrates was considered the wisest man by the Delphic Oracle not because of what he knew but because he knew that what he knew was nothing. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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๐“๐€๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐๐„๐„๐ƒ๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €
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