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A Day with Depression
I had the extraordinary opportunity today to experience something that happens every so often. Have come across a day where everything is seemingly ok? Nothing is wrong with your life but, you’re feeling melancholy. Bed seems like a very good friend, and although you...
401″kay”: How I changed my mindset of the 401k
Ok, let’s set the scene shall we? You’ve just hit the 3 month or so mark at your new job and have now officially earned your spot in the cool kids 401k club. Awesome, right? You might look at yourself in the mirror that morning with a smirk on your face and a goofy...
Anxie”tea”
Today I learned a valuable lesson about anxiety and letting it take hold of me. “Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety”-Plato I remember being in middle school, going through puberty and wearing Hawaiian button down shirts for some crazy...
What does it mean to live your life?
What does it mean to live your life? I had been meaning to take a walk around my apartment complex for some time now in order to track the calories and distance for a single lap. My goal is to find small achievable ways to eat less calories and burn more calories in a...
Charlie Tries: Scuba Diving | 3
Part III | Third and Fourth Days of Class: Open Water Certification If you haven't read my previous posts in this series, follow the links for part 1, Before I Started, or part 2, Pool Sessions. It is not the depths we conquer, but ourselves.― A Variation from...
Charlie Tries: Scuba Diving | 2
Part II | First and Second Days of Class: Pool Sessions If you haven't read the first part of this series, follow this link: Before I Started. “When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to...
Charlie Tries: Scuba Diving | 1
“The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it” ― Jacques Cousteau Part I | Before I started: Since I was a child, I dreamed of bigger things from...