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Gut Feelings

Recently, I have spent a great deal of time pondering the nature of what we call gut feelings. Personally, many of my decisions have been primarily guided by what I would describe as a gut feeling - but what is a gut feeling really? I recently spoke to a woman

Another year down (2016)

It is that time of year again, time to reflect on what has happened over the past year, where I succeeded and where I failed, and more importantly set goals for the coming year. I, like many of you, had a pretty rough year so I am quite pleased to

Pivotal Moments

Another year is coming to an end, thankfully. Like most others, I have had a rather dreadful year, bidding 2016 farewell will be quite satisfying. The end of the year always makes me reflect on how things went over the course of the year. This year I have been thinking

Break In

I mentioned in my other post about some events that fundamentally changed my view on the world. Here, I wanted to dive into one event in particular, the break in I experienced in early August this year. Not long after I moved from Texas to Minnesota to be with my

People, Not Things

Every now and again you encounter a series of events that fundamentally changes the way you view the world. For me, the past few months have held a number of events that have definitely change my view substantially. Looking back, I've realized that I placed a great deal

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