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I write a set of entries each month, packed with my best learnings and meditations.
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The True Self

Reading Time: 3 minutes
If we present different personae of ourselves depending on our audience, then who the hell are we?

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Irrational Self-Confidence and the Mid-Cingulate Cortex

Reading Time: 5 minutes
I think that in order to consistently write publicly, you need to develop an irrational sense of self-confidence - and you do this by doing forcing yourself to do things that you don’t want to do, which strengthens a part of the brain called the mid-cingulate cortex.

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Reflecting on Two Years at the Gym

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Today marks my two year anniversary at the gym. I find it hard to overstate how much this place has taught me, and in this article, I’ll share some of the most important and impactful lessons that this place has taught me.

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The Secret to Life

Reading Time: 6 minutes

I think I’ve found the secret to living a happy, fulfilled, and meaningful life. It’s all about self-actualisation, through introspection to find your personal principles, living true to yourself.

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You’re motivated. But are you obsessed?

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The secret to outlier success is obsession. Motivation can and will waver - but obsession is long term, and compounds to reach incredible success. It feels like waking up, and having this incessant urge to work on this one thing. Like, you literally jolt out of bed and spend hours meditating on this one thing.

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Thoughts on International Travel with Mates

Reading Time: 7 minutes
I just got home from a c. two week trip with three of my high school friends. I’ve been asked for tips on travelling overseas by more than five people now, and I’ve decided to write some thoughts up on how I view travelling, some key learnings, and concepts that could potentially empower your travel experience.

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To Pivot or Not to Pivot

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Many say that we should ‘never give up’. But I think that there are times where our struggle is counterproductive, and we should pivot to something more suited to us. Stay true to yourself, but the best version of yourself. I guess this is a more contrarian article :)

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Success is Self-Defined

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What if success was measured subjectively and not objectively? We chase success every day, but how would we change our pursuit of it with the knowledge that it is self-defined?

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Metacognition: How We Control Our Brain

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I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how thoughts arise in our ‘mind’. What if there was a distinction between our physical brain and what we think about in our mind?

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High School Graduation: A Paradigm Shift

Reading Time: 6 minutes

I graduate high school in around four days. Here are the things that I’ll miss, the things that I won’t miss, and my mindset moving forward as this chapter of my life comes to a close.

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The Futility of Controlling Uncertainty

Reading time: 10 minutes

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” - Seneca
Since you can’t control your life, you should stop trying. We control nothing in this world but our own thoughts, actions, and mindset in the current moment. If you can’t control it, don’t worry. If you can control it, do your absolute best, and don’t worry!

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Making Peace With Regret

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Something that I’ve tried to grapple with a ton recently is regret; the worst feeling to have in life. The longing for the past me to have done something different in the past.

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The Gym, the Journal, the Mind

Reading Time: 6 minutes

The gym and the journal have been the most influential factors in reaching mental clarity. I’ll share with how going to the gym for a year and a half, and journaling for three years has cleared my mind.

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