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Reflecting on Current Events
Sometimes, our life equation is not so simple, especially when current world events weigh on our consciousness and our reality. Here at PositLive, we focus on the things that supersede politics and partisanship. Our focus is instead on common-sense principles. To name a few, we’re all created equal, we must…
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Rediscovering the Motivation to Continue: Remembering Your “Why” and Leaning on a Firm Foundation
It takes a lot for me to contemplate giving up on a long-held goal. However, a few days ago, that very thought crept into my mind. Naturally, I’ve been trying to make it go away. I’ve been fighting the urge to stop caring about something I deeply care about. As…
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New Year, New Look!
Over the past few months, there have been meetings, emails, and a whole lot of brainstorming around what PositLive would look like from a visual standpoint. More specifically, what a PositLive logo would look like. Special thanks to Kanga Studio for their amazing work and partnership in this endeavor. PositLive’s…
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“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
This quote, by Benjamin Disraeli, really speaks to me as I reflect on some difficult choices I’ll need to make–Choices that will ultimately result in action. Doing nothing and staying in a place of familiarity, i.e. inaction, is often our easiest and most popular decision. Most of us don’t venture…
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Exploring New Ways to PositLive
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the first blog post on this site. Since then, there have been full-length articles, poetry, and–more recently– short commentaries on insightful quotes. That means all of the content has been literary. But I realize it’s time to begin expanding the content on this site…
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Storms of Life: Before, During, and After
Before the Storm It was another typical Monday. There was nothing out of the ordinary to foreshadow the storm ahead. I woke up, took a shower, attended a daily morning meeting for work, and mentally prepared myself for another long work day and week working from home. After a quick…
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Five Hard-Hitting Lessons We’re Learning From Covid-19
WARNING: This post is on a more serious note. Reading it may cause deep thoughts and reflection. Okay, you’ve been warned. And you’re still reading? Good! Let’s begin. We’re now at the point where most of us are beginning to lose track of how many days. How many days since…
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What It Means to Live Life With Positivity During a Global Pandemic
Here on PositLive, it’s all about living life with positivity. As we continue to face tragedies and uncertainties every day, it’s becoming more difficult to do that. While PositLive means living life with positivity in the good times and bad, I would be remiss if I don’t explain exactly what…
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Lessons & Reflections on Social Distancing
So, I wasn’t going to talk about this. This site is not about discussing current events; at least that is never the intention. But here we are, experiencing something as a global collective that needs to be discussed here in this space. It is the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic, which…
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Reflection: Is it Worth it?
It was only a little over a month and a half ago that I decide to add ads to this blog. Is it worth it? Well, if you’re someone who writes content on a website, don’t expect to make much through ad revenue unless you have an insane number of…
