Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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All That I Noticed While In Quarantine
Work Did anyone else do the math on the money spent on gas, wear and tear of vehicles, parking fees, lunches out, and dry cleaning prior to this situation? How about the amount spent on the business formal wear, regional rail passes, time in traffic to and from because 99.8% of us have the same…
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The Sunday Night Routine That Helps You Slay Your Week (and Maybe Your Life)
Don’t “react” to Mondays, “pro-act” by doing these things.
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Why “Enjoy Every Minute of Life” is BS Advice
First of all, it’s impossible. Or is it? One of the reasons for the human experience is to feel the full range of emotions that the human package comes with. We live in a society that doesn’t yet celebrate this fact, and to help you not feel what it means to be human, their are…
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How to Have a Neat & Tidy Life
There is living by the seat of your pants where you spend your day reacting to things, then there is planning for what you can and doing your best to not not worry about what you can’t.
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How to Look Like an Adult for $10.00
You don’t have to be fancy to look like a responsible adult.
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Top 5 Time Management Basics for Novices
When I first met Michael, there were times that we clashed simply because I’m a Analytical person on a timetable, and he’s a lustful Artist who is used to working when inspiration hits him. Once Dylan was born however, we both had to learn from one another quickly. I had to open up to flexibility…
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What Philadelphia Teaches Me About Self-Care
I didn’t have a great week last week. It was full of epiphanies…both “good ones” and “bad ones”. I use quotes because any realization is subjective in terms of how you feel about it; usually based on your current perceptions and what’s happening in your world to make you color them either one way or…
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How to Change a Bad Mood
Sometimes it’s just a run-of-the-mill bad day…nothing is going right, and you can feel the frustration building up inside of you. Other days it’s worse than that and you wonder if you’re going to survive. There are those of us that can bounce back quickly…and then there are those of us that can end up…
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14 Things To Do On The 1st Of The Month
The beginning of a brand new month always ,feels fresh and full of promise. Capitalizing on that momentum, as well as having weekly “reset days”, is what I have found to be the trick for a successful 4 weeks. Looking at your calander in the beginning of the month, and really dedicating the time to…
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6 Things That Resentment Costs You
Resentment: “Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly” Oh the complexity of human emotions. Feeling the full rage of instinctive and intuitive feelings that we’re born with – but told not to feel – is in fact the very reason that we are here…to feel. Emotions that can be anything from sheer blissful joy, to deep bitter…
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