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Who Do I Think I Am?
In school, English used to be my favorite subject. Being a Virgo means I love when I appear to be naturally good at something and tend to...
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Mar 29, 20212 min read


ICM 501 White Paper
The final assignment for my foundations of graduate studies class was to take everything I have learned and produce a white paper. In...
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Mar 15, 20211 min read


Message Board Manifesto
In this week’s readings, we had two different excerpts from Cal Newport’s writing. Both pertain to social media and how to take back your...
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Mar 8, 20214 min read


Tales From The Loop
As you know by now, my social media app of choice is Twitter. There’s something about the way the individual posts are presented that I...
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Mar 1, 20214 min read


Your Brain Is a Muscle The Size of 2 Fists
Your brain is an organ that you should treat like any other muscle. To maintain healthy muscles, you have to allow them to rest. Why...
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Feb 22, 20213 min read


Managing
As a Virgo, I always feel like I’m some how letting my fellow star sign siblings down when I quietly admit that I am terrible at...
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Feb 22, 20214 min read


When Is It a Problem?
Jean M. Twenge’s article Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation suggests that people “didn’t have a choice to know any life without...
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Feb 15, 20215 min read


Good Timing
High Quality Work Produced = (Time Spent) x (Intensity of Focus) One of the biggest components of “deep work” is time. The idea here is...
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Feb 8, 20212 min read


Tech Is Not Neutral
“…Never before in history have a handful of people at a handful of technology companies shaped how a billion people think and feel every...
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Feb 8, 20212 min read


Unplugged
While working my way through this first blog post on the dueling notions of deep work and distracted reading, I’ve already gotten up to...
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Feb 1, 20213 min read
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