How Music Shows Us Purpose In Life

I was talking to a friend the other day, and he said something that really made me uneasy. What made me uneasy was the seemingly casual demeanor he portrayed in his statement which really solidified how easily and somewhat unthoughtful his words were. And it’s not that I think my friend is a bad person,…

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The True Importance of the Golden Rule

I was speaking to a good friend the other day. I started to share with him that I had started a blog, and that since he and I would often find ourselves speaking about the deep philosophical topics (though would never have time to finish our conversations), I told him to check out my blog.…

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How to Suffer Properly

I don’t know if it’s a good thing, but I’ve been listening to a lot of Jordan Peterson and Friederich Nietchze recently. It may seem weird, but I think it’s because they’re saying a lot of profound things, and that could be because they are indeed, profound people. But that begs the question…what is constitutes…

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The Toxicity of the Self Help Industry

Everyone, play along. Raise your hand if you have ever read a Self Help book, especially if it was in the last few years. When you were reading that book, didn’t it feel good? Didn’t it feel like someone was telling you that you can conquer the world, that you can do anything, that you…

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A Rule to Live By in Your Life

I was reading a question posed by someone on…well you guessed it, Quora. Here it is: What are the top rules of your life? Some people have some really good advice, and I’d highly recommend you check it out. So that got me thinking, what is the top rule in my life? And I didn’t…

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The Problem isn’t with Small Talk, it’s You.

I read something today that really struck me, and I don’t mean that lightly. I find that I’m consistently reading things that continuously make me question my own beliefs, and I think that’s a good thing, but it could also mean I don’t have very strong beliefs, but that’s not what I’m trying to get…

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Tell the Truth, Especially When It’s Hard.

Today is Monday, October 8th, 2018. This past week was the finale, you could say, of what feels like a long battle between Christine Ford and Brett Kavanaugh, ending in Kavanaugh being confirmed on the Supreme Court Justice. In case you might not be aware of the whole situation, I will explain it very briefly,…

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A Little Known, Sad Truth About Smart People

I wrote a post on Quora not too long ago answering the question: What is the saddest truth about smart people? Although there were many, many answers, most of them tended to be the same. Here are the top 3 answers that people tended to give Social Isolation/Loneliness Frustration Extreme Self-criticism And, after reading what…

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The Importance of Emotional Writing

Thanks for reading. This is my first post. Stick around for more to come. “Writing is simply the expressing of thoughts into words. So why does it matter if we write irrational or rational, and maybe it doesn’t?” Farley, MO – taken by myself I find it odd that we often become the best writers…

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