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Fighting for Joy
The opposite of joy would seem to be depression. And in certain metrics it would be so. But I have come to believe that just as often, the opposite of joy is cynicism. I have a healthy cynicism in regards to many things: People who are always happy. Love at first sight. Many social media …
Speak Up or Shut Up? How Do We Appreciate People?
There is such a fine line when it comes to people you value. You don’t want to gush about them very often, if at all, because that freaks people out. Yet at the same time if you come to value someone and keep it to yourself all of the time, they may never know, and …
Why Introverts Hate Small Talk
I don’t like small talk. No. I hate it. The surprise factor of this statement should hover somewhere near zero for anyone who has read this blog, or who knows me personally. I am an introvert, and in general, we don’t do the small talk thing. But why? Even extroverts who have read about introverts know that …
Think Best, Not Impress.
It’s human nature to want to impress people sometimes. I find it hard to believe that there is anybody anywhere who has never at some point tried to impress someone for any number of reasons. And some of those reasons seem legitimate. Yet we tend to conflate doing our best work for someone with impressing …
Working Hard or Hardly Working: Do We Care?
“So what do you do for a living?” I hate this question. Not just when I am asked. I hate the deeply embedded need we have in this country to begin conversations in this manner. The reason I hate it is that the question is indicative of a certain hypocrisy. Let’s keep in mind the …
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