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Living Life Poetically: The Fact of the Matter
There isn’t really much to say to introduce the poem, “The fact of the Matter.” I wrote it during a couple moments of reflection. It’s a poem about life, and it’s about things having a way of working out. So if something is the matter, remember the fact of the…
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Living Life Poetically: To Hope or Not to Hope
To Hope or Not to Hope is the third and final poem in my series of unfortunate poetry. I came up with the term “soul suicide”, which means making the conscious or subconscious decision to completely give up hope. It’s going through life like a robot–going through the motions with…
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How to Be Your Authentic Self
“Just be yourself.” Most of us have heard this, usually in situations where we’re afraid we might not be accepted. For instance, at a job interview, an audition, or the first day of something–anything where we might encounter people we don’t know. But here’s the irony in the saying “just…
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Living Life Poetically: Pain Brush on a New Page
Confession: I’ve been procrastinating on writing this. But I made a promise to you and myself to post all three poems in my series of unfortunate poetry. The first was “Empty,” written in 2013. This one, “Pain Brush on a New Page,” was written in 2014. As you read “Pain…
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Is There Such a Thing as Being Motivated for the Wrong Reasons?
What motivates you? Sometimes our motivation to do things isn’t all that pure–righteous–or virtuous. Sometimes we just want to prove a point. Perhaps, we’re jealous or desire prestige. These are examples of what we’ll call negatively sourced motivation. However, is negatively sourced motivation BAD if it gets you motivated to…
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No More Hiding the Past
I admit I’ve gotten into the habit of modifying some of the older poems I’ve shared here. I tweak the last few stanzas or add a few lines to make them sound more uplifting. This site is about living life with positivity, so making those edits makes sense, right? Well,…
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Motivation Part 3: Top 3 Ways to Get Past Wanting to Do Something to Actually Doing It
We’ve now gotten almost halfway through the Motivation Staircase. In Part 1, we defined what Motivation means; and in Part 2, we used that understanding to move from “I won’t do it,’ to I can’t do it,’ to ‘I want to do it.’ The question now is how. Knowing how…
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5 Thoughts to Keep in Mind Whenever You’re in a Funk
Thoughts can be powerful–so much that they can pull you out of a funk even without anything else actually changing. So, if you’re feeling blue, shifting your thoughts is a good place to start. Before we begin, let’s clarify something. Thoughts like ‘count your blessings’ or ‘it can always be…
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Living Life Poetically: The Way of the World
A few days ago, I was reminded of exactly how much of my student loan debt I’ve already paid, how much of that has been interest, and how much I still owe. Suddenly, it hit me: Based on the amount still owed and the high interest rates, it is practically…
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Motivation Part 2: Increasing our Positive Motivation
In Motivation Part 1, we realized that at the heart of motivation are these definitions: 1. “…to want to do a specific thing more than we want to do anything else at a particular time,” and 2. “what we would rather do than not do (20). However, even with these…
