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I am no medical professional, I simply have reflected a lot on my own emotions and feelings, and am sharing my thoughts on what works for dealing with emotions in my own experience. I’m going to share my thoughts on anger. Because most of my emotions either start or end with anger. I could be angry because someone scared me, hurt me, betrayed me, abandoned me, or otherwise wronged me, at least…
First, let me explain what I mean when I refer to expectations and standards. Standards are the norm, the default setting, the status quo. Standards should be maintainable. Expectations are what we believe will happen, or what we believe has the highest chance of happening. A favored hockey team may be expected to win their upcoming game, but to call that a standard isn’t accurate. (I’m looking at…
Observation comes natural to us. From childhood to death, we continue to observe and learn from those around us, letting it shape how we act, live, and talk. It even has a big impact on our overall beliefs in life. At times, it is much easier to see flaws in others before we see them in ourselves. I went for a run recently, and I wanted to time myself. I used to wear a watch to track my pace and…
I have always been told to take the next step, to push myself, and that nobody ever really feels ready, but that it will work out in the end. This logic is flawed, because with this logic, we are saying that each person can keep being pushed into the next position and will be able to properly fill it, to no end. This may play true for a while. But if I continue doing this repeatedly, eventually I…
So I was reading April’s post another long winter and it said something I have not been able to get out of my head. “We need different things at different times.” So simple, yet so true and applicable (at least for me). In this instance, for example, I feel the need to ramble in a post, which is something I sometimes try to avoid. But in this post, I’m going to let It rip. Save yourself. In their…
The world is not perfect. And relaxing is NOT a waste of time. At times I feel pressured to constantly be working towards a goal. But at the end of the day, once I am home from work, I have gone to the gym, the family is in bed, my classes are caught up, and I have done what I needed to do in preparation the next day, I should be able to relax. And most of the time I do! I will play PC games for a…
Sometimes I sit down to write a post, or a journal entry, or anything else and I feel like I don’t really have much to write about at that moment. But when I think about it deeper, I realize the important thing is to just write something. Anything. In a way, writing is like art. One of the things that makes art beautiful is its uniqueness. When a person paints a picture, that is the first time…
Why is it so hard to just do things? Why do I have this constant need to overthink or over analyze everything I do? I’m going to use this example of joining adult pick-up soccer games at a field near me. Before, I would just do the thing. If I wanted to go play pick up soccer, I would go join in. If I enjoyed it, I would do it again another time. If I did not enjoy it, I would not do it again. I…
I just flew back into town this past Friday. While walking through the airport I took notice in the large number of people talking on the phone through earphones or other similar devices. This is obviously not new. Then I had the thought; how many of them are talking to chatbots? We’ve all read articles or other forms of media talking about it. People now more than ever are letting chatbots take…
So, a couple of days ago I went to the gym and hopped on the stationary bike. Normally when I do this, I set it to hill mode, random hills, I pick my difficulty level, and I keep the RPM over 90. I’m sure it’s no Olympic workout, but I enjoy it, and the random hills mode keeps me interested. Let’s say the hills are rated at a steepness of 1-10. Well, on this day, the hills immediately jumped up…