A year ago I went through a bit of an existential crisis. During that eye-opening experience, I came across Wim Hof’s book titled: The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential. Without reading this book my life would still be on a steady decline. At the time I was […]
Book Reviews
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Just Listen by Mark Goulston: Finding Ways for Better Communication
Currently, I’m a graduate student at Montclair State University. One of the classes that I’m in had a group project assignment that was due last week. For the Assignment we had to pick a book out of a provided list, read that book, make an outline (including: introduction, summary, evaluation, […]
Personal , Poetry
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Finding Purpose in Life
How do you know if something is truly worth it? Is it a feeling? A presence? A sense of clarity? You put all of your efforts into achieving a goal just to question whether it was worth your time. If that time spent working on a goal is determined to […]
Health
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Meditation: How to View Consciousness
Recently, at least for the past 15 days (consecutively), I’ve been using Sam Harris’ “Waking Up” app. Specifically, I’ve been going through his introductory course on meditation. In this introductory course, he discusses our view of consciousness. Most people (including myself) view consciousness as behind our eyes, but it’s more […]
Movie Reviews
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Your Name: A Time-Bending Love Story
Recently, I’ve created a habit of proclaiming things that I’ve read, watched, or listened to as ‘special’. I’m not entirely certain if that has become a bad habit or not. Maybe I often have been subjecting myself to special works. Well, today I will succumb to this habit once again. […]
Book Reviews
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The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson: A Fantastic Story!
The Bands of Mourning is a fantasy novel written by Brandon Sanderson. It is the sixth book in the Mistborn Saga (the third book in the Wax and Wayne trilogy). This adventure has another reasonably straightforward premise. Wax and the gang go on a wild goose chase to find the […]
Fitness
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An Introduction to the Fitness Tab: Documenting My Fitness Journey
This tab is mainly going to be about what the title indicates. Here is where I will post about milestones, goals, and thoughts regarding fitness. Posting on this particular tab will be less frequent, at least for now. At the moment I have no intention of making this a priority. […]
Book Reviews , Personal
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A Gift to Neil Gaiman: Pure Magic
Today I started reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. This is the first book that I’ve ever read by Mr. Gaiman. I’m not particularly well-versed in any of his publications. To be quite frank I had never heard of him before I watched a […]
Health
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Meditation: Becoming the Witness
I’ve been meditating for over a month now and I’m starting to see the benefits. My energy levels are more consistent. Overthinking has become less of an issue. The benefits are great and I will continue to practice meditation every day no matter what. However, the benefits aren’t the ultimate […]