How to keep moving forward, even when your brain hates you.
If you’ve been around here long, or if you know me in person, you probably know I have a slightly defective brain, which is to say that I have a history with clinical depression. Add on to that a(n...
View ArticleA few links I think you’ll like
First, a random post I stumbled upon that has some helpful ideas for perfectionists: Also, cultivate the mindset of what I call compassionate objectivity, which is the opposite of perfectionism....
View ArticleOn exercise
Thursday was a sad day. This may seem like a silly thing for me to say, given that many of you know that on Thursday my thesis had been approved by grad division at UCLA, AND I had gotten asked to...
View Articleon openness and vulnerability part 1: backstory
If you had asked me at fourteen whether I would ever be writing about my personal struggles and inner life OPENLY, for ALL THE WORLD TO SEE, in my twenties, I probably would have said “no. fucking....
View Articlea knocking at the door
The strangest thing has been happening to me lately. I’ve been having some mild sleep issues lately, which is not the weird part–I’ve gone through periods of insomnia and periods of oversleeping...
View Articleon productivity, motivation, goal-setting, and how to be [more] awesome
I started developing self-improvement programs for myself back in middle school. Back then, my goals were mostly school related, and I got into a habit of going into a self-improvement frenzy at the...
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