mental health
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Loving myself has been the more challenging personal goal I have ever pursued.
Here I discussed a controversial topic: self-hate and how difficult it is to battle against it. Continue reading
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The Two Life-Changing Lessons That Helped Me Find Peace
I often wish I had learned sooner how to be both forgiving of myself and assertive with others. For a long time, I let mistakes define me and unkindness go unchecked. I now know that our past doesn’t dictate our… Continue reading
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Why I Stopped Multitasking and What Happened Next: A personal reflection on a productivity experiment
As a biology student, juggling multiple tasks led to exhaustion and poor work quality. This changed with The Fabulous app, which introduced focus blocks and deep work concepts. The realization that multitasking is a myth helped reduce cognitive costs and… Continue reading
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Leaving my 9-6 gave me peace.
After a stormy couple of years… I found peace after leaving my 9-6 job. Continue reading
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Silence vs Music for focus… Music wins (but maybe it should not).
Why do we prefer music to silence? Many of us enjoy listening to music while we work. I’m no exception, as I’m listening to my ‘Work | Study | Relax‘ Spotify playlist while writing this post. That list has mainly… Continue reading
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Depression is a real disease… and sunlight is not a bulletproof antidote
Our mind and consciousness are wonderful and sometimes… feel almost magical. Thoughts feel ethereal as if they came out of nowhere, but all thoughts originate from the complex machine that our brain is (well, not a machine but an organ,… Continue reading
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