All tagged Psychology
How to Fitness Pt. 1
Yet, being healthy is not just something you start doing because you suddenly have loads of free time. It can certainly start that way, but as anyone who has had their motivation to get fit this quarantine sapped by an infatuation with Joe Exotic can attest, hoping and doing are not one in the same.
Mushrooms and Compassion
It was a bad mushroom trip that did it for me. I had a good one in college: kaleidoscopic visuals, nonsensical laughter, an ineffable sense of connectivity. The second time, however, was darker—much darker.
Clean Your Room
Life is hard enough without the bullsh**. Status and money are those forces in your nightly dreams that prevent you from turning left, when you are desperately trying to turn right. And, what happens in that dream when you turn left despite your desire and intuition? That’s right, you fall into the abyss––always.
What I've Learned From Not Eating
Be honest with yourself: who wears the pants in your relationship with food? Overly anticipating meals makes us no better than predatory animals by robbing us of the two things that make us uniquely human: our individuality and our minds. Not eating for five days displayed that my dependence on food had led to an involuntary compartmentalization of my time—one that was driving me to act with the crowd while preventing me from reaching my full potential. If you wish to control your own destiny, you can begin by adopting the most important word in the English language—no. If you are content being like everyone else—just continue saying yes.
