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Tag Archives: growth
How to Fall in Love Completely
The first step is to invest in yourself. Become your own best friend, then your own boss, then your own stockbroker. Take risks. Risk it all—be silly, do stupid things, do everything. Do it with the desperation and conviction that … Continue reading
Posted in All posts, Fiction/Creative
Tagged adventure, growth, how to fall in love, how to fall in love completely, love, true love
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Rags to Riches; Belief
There’s no running from this anymore: My name is Joseph Clifford, and I am a king. There’s a lot I want to talk about in this post. Writing, life circumstances, dreams, commitments, wealth, finances, personal responsibility, and the difference between … Continue reading
HARD MODE++
I’ve often dreamed of the “hard levels.” Unlocked after beating the game, they are so difficult that they are a lifelong endeavor to complete. Bordering on impossible, they provide a precise balance of frustration and reward, obstacle and progression, pushing ever onward at the … Continue reading
Posted in All posts, Fiction/Creative, Snippets
Tagged dreams, expansion, games, growth, reality, tron, videogames, virtual, virtual reality
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Dioramas
I’ve wanted to preserve the past in tiny little dioramas, the curator of some mental museum, impeccably aligned artifacts depicting experiences pristine, preserved out of time, so when I’d access them (later, always later) I could say yes, people have loved … Continue reading
Rain
I love the rain, and I love the cold. I walked home from work late at night last week, after the storm, and I felt at peace. The wind was blowing cold, carrying wet air from the ocean, and the drizzle … Continue reading
On Comfort
In Peace is Every Step, Thich Nhat Hanh describes walking meditation: “Although we walk all the time, our walking is usually more like running. When we walk like that, we print anxiety and sorrow on the Earth. We have to walk … Continue reading
Posted in All posts, Mindfulness, Self-Improvement
Tagged body, comfort, discomfort, exercise, growth, mindfulness, social skills, thich nhat hanh, walking meditation
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Three Simple Rules for Changing Yourself
I can’t say it enough: Say yes to the right things, so no to the wrong things, and do it as soon as possible. This one sentence is a moral compass you can use for the rest of your life. … Continue reading
Posted in All posts, Self-Improvement
Tagged acceptance, alan watts, change, choice, decision, decision-making, eckhart tolle, emotions, growth, health, healthy-living, judgment, mental-health, mindfulness, moral compass, morals, no, now, positivity, power of now, rules, self-control, simple, thich nhat hanh, three, willpower, yes
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