The typical nature of all personal development blog posts is to define a problem, then propose a solution.
I’m not going to do that here.
We spend a lot of times trying to improve things in our lives. We want better, more, faster, bigger, cooler, and on and on. So is there a time when more is [...]
Live on Your Own Terms
Category Archives: Balance
What’s Right With Your Life?
Don’t be a Sellout: A Guide to Staying Real
Being true to yourself is not easy. In magazines, we’re shown images of flawless airbrushed bodies. Luxury and celebrity lifestyles are worshipped. In our culture we’re judged for what we own and what we do. Not who we are.
It’s hard to remain true to yourself when our culture encourages competition. I don’t think competition is [...]
The Secret to Happiness: Stop Caring
Our lives are inundated with practicality and productivity. We think that if there’s no purpose to something, there’s no point in doing it. In reality the best things in life have no purpose.
We sacrifice our time and our sanity doing what we don’t want to do, so at some future point we will create the [...]
Going Out of Your Mind is Essential For Your Health
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying before, “talking to yourself is the first sign of madness.” But is thinking to yourself all the time madness too?
If you’re talking to someone and you never stop to listen, you’ll never hear anything they have to say. In the same way, if you’re talking to yourself all the [...]
10 Counterintuitive Ways to Improve Your Life
photo by h.koppdelaney
There’s a lot of fluff floating around in the personal development blog-o-sphere. I think there are certain things that people tend to shy away from writing about when it comes to personal development. Here’s 10 of what I believe are the most uncommon things you’ll never learn from a personal development [...]
Category Archives: Balance
What’s Right With Your Life?
The typical nature of all personal development blog posts is to define a problem, then propose a solution.
I’m not going to do that here.
We spend a lot of times trying to improve things in our lives. We want better, more, faster, bigger, cooler, and on and on. So is there a time when more is [...]
Don’t be a Sellout: A Guide to Staying Real
Being true to yourself is not easy. In magazines, we’re shown images of flawless airbrushed bodies. Luxury and celebrity lifestyles are worshipped. In our culture we’re judged for what we own and what we do. Not who we are.
It’s hard to remain true to yourself when our culture encourages competition. I don’t think competition is [...]
The Secret to Happiness: Stop Caring
Our lives are inundated with practicality and productivity. We think that if there’s no purpose to something, there’s no point in doing it. In reality the best things in life have no purpose.
We sacrifice our time and our sanity doing what we don’t want to do, so at some future point we will create the [...]
Going Out of Your Mind is Essential For Your Health
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying before, “talking to yourself is the first sign of madness.” But is thinking to yourself all the time madness too?
If you’re talking to someone and you never stop to listen, you’ll never hear anything they have to say. In the same way, if you’re talking to yourself all the [...]
10 Counterintuitive Ways to Improve Your Life
photo by h.koppdelaney
There’s a lot of fluff floating around in the personal development blog-o-sphere. I think there are certain things that people tend to shy away from writing about when it comes to personal development. Here’s 10 of what I believe are the most uncommon things you’ll never learn from a personal development [...]