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My Personal Philosophy Part II: Putting it Into Practice
In the previous post on my personal philosophy I outlined my foundational positions on some things as they relate to shaping how I view the world. Since I don’t think anything is really useful unless...
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Willpower, Discipline, and Obedience: How to Do What You Set Out to Do
Does willpower keep the dog from eating the sausage, or obedience? I’ve written a lot about willpower and discipline in the past because it’s a subject that fascinates me. Consider this, with the...
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Thoughts on Fat Pride from a Formerly Fat Fit Guy
Fat Squirrel cares little about your opinion of him. I grew up as a fat kid. Through the majority of my childhood I ranged from what might be considered chubby all the way up to full-blown obese in my...
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The Tetrapharmakos – An Ancient Cure for Modern Problems
When it comes to philosophy, I tend to gravitate toward the practical side. While I’m certainly interested in a lot of the more abstract areas it’s the parts of philosophy that I can apply to my life...
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Stop Outsourcing Your Purpose in Life
Some things should definitely not be outsourced. Just about everyone would say they want to find their purpose in life. Sites like LifeHacker, TinyBuddha and the like are full of articles on it, books...
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Fitness & Motivation Lessons from Pokemon Go
Unless you’ve been stuck inside Rock Cave for the last few months without an HM05, you probably know about Pokemon Go. As a side-effect of its wild popularity, people have been touting it as being one...
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Language Learning Excuses
One of the things that I’ve noticed about speaking several languages is that when people I meet for the first time find out a huge majority of them make some kind of excuse for why they don’t. They...
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7 Questions to Help Find Purpose in Life
You can find purpose without staring wistfully out over a scenic vista – but you can still go do that too. Some people seem to be born knowing what they want out of life. They have their career picked...
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The Stoicism Cheat Sheet: 15 Ways You Can Start Practicing Stoicism Right Now
Applying the principles of Stoicism to your life doesn’t have to mean spending hours and hours pouring through works from classical antiquity. Stoicism – or at least a modernized evolution of it – has...
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Stop Lying to Yourself – How to Cultivate Self-Awareness
The easiest person to lie to is yourself. Out of everyone in the world, the person who lies to you the most is almost certainly you. Most of the time it’s not something we think about. It’s just a sort...
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