Tag: Personal Growth
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Escaping the Accomplishment Trap
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in PhilosophyWhen I was seventeen years old and clueless about what I wanted to do with my life, I attended a job fair, where I stumbled upon a stand advertising a…
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You Don’t Have to
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A few months ago, I signed up for a seminar on existentialist philosophy. Because the existentialists were part of the reason I’d decided to study philosophy in the first place,…
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How a Book on Negative Thinking Made Me 20% Happier
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There’s one passage from The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman that has been a more potent wake-up call for my happiness than blasting trumpets, buckets of icy water, and a double…
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The Problem with the Growth Mindset
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This year, I had two exam periods that couldn’t have been more different. During the first one, I was highly committed. I had to confront five exams in four days — which…
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How Two Boring Sentences Helped Me Stop Feeling Lost
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in Philosophy“Can I be frank?” The lady across from me looked up from the forms in her hand and peeked over the half-moon glasses that throned on her pointy nose. I…
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The Loneliness Loop: Why We Get Stuck in Isolation (and 3 Ways to Break Free)
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in LonelinessIn early 2022, I found myself in a strange situation. I had just moved to Portugal, trying to make a living from full-time writing. Behind me lay months of isolation…