Category: Self-improvement
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Social media was consuming me in more ways than I realized at the time. It was 2020, and with more free hours in my day, I found myself spending an average of eight hours on my phone—half of my total waking time. As research suggests, this level of digital engagement was taking a real toll…
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“Are you a perfectionist?” said my family friend who was helping me with my college applications. We were sitting at her kitchen table, laptops open at one of our last meetings in late November. She had asked me this after I explained to her that I had not yet turned in my essays, the essays…
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For a large chunk of my adolescence and up until a couple of years ago, I subconsciously felt that in order to connect with people, I had to impress them in some way. I had to earn their approval. I was not even sure how I was impressing them, or what explicitly I had to…
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Discomfort — we all know it well. That sinking feeling in our stomach, the sudden pounding of our heart, the tension tightening our shoulders and neck. We also know too well our avoidance; we say “I don’t like feeling this way.” So we pull ourselves in, retreat back to our state of comfort. This avoidance…
In Common Light 