Provided by CP from Papagni Pages I've been on an honesty kick for a long time and it doesn't always work for me. Up against a wall You hear a lot about gay people "coming out" these days. There are many incredible stories; each unique and compelling. Mine is no different -- act straight,... Continue Reading →
Business Cards – Pointless Overthinking
Provided by Ramon Colon from http://www.zerowastedude.com The topic of business cards as a minimalist and as a person trying to reduce my waste is one that I struggle a lot. Every time someone offers me a business card I go on this immediate pointless overthinking state of mind in which I battle myself against... Continue Reading →
Is It Worth The Risk?
Provided by Scherezade Ozwulo from Scherezade’s Labyrinth *originally posted on Scherezade’s Labyrinth* You ever had a not so often mentioned concept become a hot topic once one person brings it up? Or The Universe has a topic it wants to have discussed because maybe, it needs to be addressed and it’s seen or heard... Continue Reading →
UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR, SAY WHAT?!
Provided by Betul Erbasi from betulerbasi.com How are you? English Wie geht es dir? German Nasılsın? Turkish كيف حالك Arabic 你好嗎? Mandarin お元気ですか? Japanese The phrases in the set above mean the same thing in different languages. They look fairly different, right? I would not think that these languages could share anything at all. Well,... Continue Reading →
The Year(s) of Lord of the Flies
Provided by Scherezade Ozwulo from The Introverted Christian *originally posted on The Introverted Christian* Watching Dr. Oz, eating my French toast sticks, a flash of a preview for his next show centered around real life mean girls comes on. Seeing the images of girls fighting like their in the Octagon or the victim laying... Continue Reading →
Pointless Overthinking over one plastic bag?
Provided by Ramon from Zero Waste Dude As you guys/gals might know I am in an amazing journey to reduce my personal waste. I took my kid to a local park, the park itself is like a mini reserve in an urban area with heavy traffic, many billboards, and everything else that make a... Continue Reading →
Why Do We Do The Things We Do?
Allie Diltz's Personal Blog Can Be Found at Heymomnowwhat.com Why? Do you ever think about the reason behind why you do things? I have been asking myself this quite a bit over the last several days. If you read my post from yesterday, How I Try Not To Suck (As Much), then you know I... Continue Reading →
Finding Yourself Without Losing Yourself: The Art of Being True To Oneself
Provided by Brandi from Afrologik One thing that has been consistent over the decades is that people are always on some kind of trip. Be it political, religious, or health (to name a few), we are all on a journey for truth and a better life. I wouldn’t go so far as to... Continue Reading →
What Kind of Walls Do You Put Up?
Provided by Scherezade Ozwulo from The Introverted Christian *originally posted on The Introverted Christian* I came across this article, Do You Put Up Emotional Walls, Based on Your Personality Type – Personality Growth and it instantly got me thinking, do I erect foundation supports or do I build foundation structures to protect things inside? Protection... Continue Reading →
How To Change The World
Provided by MyStori from Believing & Learning Reader, I have a specific question for you. Are you ready to change the world? Jordan Peterson, a now widely known and respected “intellectual” doesn’t seem to think so. His ideology of the ability to change and even give advice to the world can be simply... Continue Reading →
Life after Cancer that they don’t prep you for
Provided by William Darnell Sr. (Bill) from I Got A Dream In Mind No one said that stopping treatment was going to be so hard... I met with my doctor recently, and was done with therapy for lymphoma for close to a year and five months now. I hadn't been feeling well, and... Continue Reading →
Growing Up Is Overrated
Provided by Troy Headrick from Thinker Boy: Blog & Art A little more than three years ago, I left my teaching job at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and moved back to the United States, the place where I was born. A clause in the contract I’d signed with AUC, way back when... Continue Reading →
The Boy with the Flute
Provided by Irina from copilariefericita In a village in Egypt lived a poor boy, which had a slow mind and a slow body. His greatest joy was to take long walks along the shore of river Nile. He did this every day. His mother was afraid that one day the boy will fall asleep... Continue Reading →
Time Is Money
Provided by Troy Headrick from Thinker Boy: Blog & Art *Troy Headrick is a thinker, writer, artist, educator, and adventurer who has lived in five countries. He writes on a wide variety of subjects and has had work published in many print and online magazines, journals, newspapers, and blogs. His autobiographical blog can be found... Continue Reading →
“Pointless” Overthinking
Provided by K.A.L.T from Kalt In Thought I’m sure that many of us are guilty of overthinking. We assess our every action and regret any action that brings about a not so favorable consequence. However, doing so is nothing more than pointless overthinking. Why is it pointless? It is because no matter... Continue Reading →
Look at the Light, not at the Tunnel
By Ramon Colon http://www.zerowastedude.com This year I realized how big of a problem we have with the waste we produce. If you search for any waste topic, within minutes you will become overwhelmed and depressed. You will be buried in images and videos showing you what our grandparents, parents and ourselves have done to the... Continue Reading →
Consider The Moments
Provided by WSB from Livin On Blog: https://livingon.home.blog/ The need to be happy is a need that consumes many, if not all people. We all want to be happy, More specifically we all want to be in a constant state of happiness. We love and fear happiness. We love happiness because it's uplifting... Continue Reading →
What is Confirmation Bias?
Provided by Natalie from Big Happy Life Blog: https://bighappylife.blog/ Website: http://bighappylife.co.uk/ If you’ve read my previous posts, you’ll know that cognitive biases shape our thinking in ways that make us feel surer of the decisions we’re making and the actions we’re taking. Last week I wrote about the Halo Effect, which is actually a type of confirmation bias – the... Continue Reading →
Self-introduction for the self-proclaimed expert on everything
It is 6:30pm, 29th November 2018. Allow me to introduce myself for this is my first blog post to this amphitheatre of cerebral constellations. You may know me from my own website Modern Mystic Mother from stuff and places and things. Or you may have seen my RAH-TA-TA-DA-BLAH-ZAH words (that sometimes make coherent sentences..?) in the... Continue Reading →
Where does your sense of Identity come from?
Provided by The Girl from Jupiter Originally posted on https://thegirlfromjupiter1.wordpress.com So the other day I was just sitting on the bus, staring out the window as I do most days and aimlessly thinking about life when suddenly my brain decided to just drop this existential truth bomb of a question on me: Who AM I?... Continue Reading →