Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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#Value Village
I remember the first day my sister came from a consignment store with a plastic bag full of clothes. She was very excited showing me all the clothes she bought at very cheap prices. The ones she bought were very cute no doubt but I thought I would never buy from those stores, I’d prefer…
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Day 147/180
Just Do It! In November, I challenged myself to try to apply Jim Rohn’s life lessons as an experiment to see if it will improve my life. My gauge was my income going up. I am well aware that there are many other ways of measuring success but income is a good objective measure. I…
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Day 43/180
Jim Rohn said, “Motivation is what gets you started”. He talked about his friend whose motivation in striving for a better life was malnutrition. Now that should get anyone going. I had different motivations throughout the years, the one that has always been constant is my desire to give the best experiences to my parents.…
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Day 34/180
My activities today: Yesterday, I told my brother that I am still struggling with the time I have been spending scrolling on my phone. After working an 11 hour shift, I go home and have dinner. While having dinner, I usually set an alarm for 30 minutes and watch some youtube videos. My brother was…
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Day 33/180
My activities for the last 12 days: I have not posted anything for almost 2 weeks. I had been busy with Christmas and New Year celebrations. I have spent a lot of time on my phone watching youtube but I have also finished listening to the book Richest Man in Babylon. In Canada, we are…
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Day 21/180
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Day 20/180
My activities today (Day off #2): REALIZATION: I wore a new pair of pants today and it made me feel like a different person. I looked good in it, it made me look younger and it definitely made me more confident. Then I realized, if I want to have a new identity and be a…
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Day 19/180
My activities today (Day off #1 for the week): LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATERGY (trial) I initially planned on doing only 1 hour of language learning a week but I felt like I would be so impatient waiting for my progress given the amount of time I was going to dedicate for each session. So, I thought…
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Day 18/180
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Day 17/180
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