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Can I escape over-achievement hell?
I’d like to start this post by stating that I don’t have an answer to this question. It is going to require time, patience, and persistent experimentation. Having been born in 1983, I am on the older side of the Millennial generation. According to The Balance Careers, we have various characteristics in common, including being…
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How Do I Calm Down? [Personal Tips To Help Find Sanity “In The Moment”]
My anxiety manifested when I was around 8 years old. While other kids may have self-soothed by sucking their thumb or biting their nails, I began chewing the taste buds off of my tongue. I would chew until my tongue bled, with sores all across the front and sides. It remains my tic to this…
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Personal Reflection: Quitting and Mediocrity.
When I wrote the blogs about quitting and mediocrity, I had no idea that these questions would become extremely relevant in my life within just a few weeks. Just a week and a half ago, I was a student pursuing my Bachelor’s degree at Purdue Global University. I was (and still am) a full time…
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Where’s the line between venting and toxicity?
Who hasn’t felt lighter after venting to a friend? Humans are not meant to be corked bottles; there are great mental, emotional, and physical health benefits in expressing our feelings and letting them out. In addition, our listener may provide clarity and perspective that we are unable to see while we are “in the moment”,…
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Is Mediocrity Really Mediocre?
Merriam Webster defines mediocre as definition of mediocre reads “of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ORDINARY, SO-SO” I’ve always felt my mediocrity rather keenly. I’m neither rich or famous. I see talented people on T.V. doing amazing things and athletes achieving astonishing feats! While I can do many things passably, I…
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Is it ever okay to quit?
The notion of quitting a goal has a negative connotation. The internet is flooded with quotes meant to inspire people to keep moving forward, regardless of what it takes. Society tends to look down on those who quit. Theo Tsaousides, Ph.D states, “…we feel sorry, unsympathetic, or worse, indifferent toward people who quit. There is…
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