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2020: Top lessons learned + thoughts to go along

2020 has been a bit of a different year for me than it has been for most. It’s actually been the best year of my life – hands down. The first 3 months before COVID have a lot to do with that; there was an incredible collection of experiences,...
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FOBO and being a Fuck Yeah Friend (FYF)

We all know and are familiar with FOMO: Fear of Missing Out. However, the real culprit of our generation is not FOMO, but FOBO: Fear of Better Options; a term originally coined by a Harvard student back in 2004. FOBO is the reason so many people struggle to pursue...
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2019 Reflections: The better outweighed the bad

As I reflected on 2019, I first thought of all the downs I experienced. Last year brought me more instability, anxiety, depression, and loneliness than any year before. Among the negative feelings I experienced – I was so stressed at work I didn’t take time to celebrate wins. I...
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My workout philosophy

Check out my daily workouts here: https://unexpectedembraced.com/daily-workouts/ My workout philosophy is to use exercise to set me up to be capable of pursuing any physical adventure that comes my way. I never want physical fitness to be an excuse to not be able to take an adventure. Exercise and...
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Folk House

Sharing some music today. Among the many types of music I listen to, I’ve been really into Folk House music lately. As the name suggests, it’s a mix between folk music (e.g. Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, Young and the Giant) and EDM. For me, Folk House is the...
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Decision making

I came across this really awesome article on relieving indecisiveness: How to, Maybe, Be Less Indecisive (or Not) – The New York Times Here are the five strategies the article suggests for spending less time agonizing over decisions: Go for good enough Outsource your decisions Employ the ‘90 percent...
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Digital Wellness + GoBrickNow

We spend far too much time on our phones. It’s not that phones and technology are bad. They are actually super useful tools, of course, however we should be conscious about how we utilize these tools and the impact they have on our lives. A term that’s been coined...
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My simple exercise hack

I try to exercise every day. It’s an important part of my ritual and my identity. I have a simple hack that made going to the gym much easier:...
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Sometimes I’m there, but I’m not there

Quite often I find myself in social situations where I either  Don’t really feel like being social Am just really bad at being social I definitely have some social anxiety.  [I think my family would be surprised to hear that because they see me as the social one] It’s...
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