Tag: self awareness
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Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. The Decision That Didn’t Fix My Life — But Changed Me Anyway If you had asked me a few years ago to describe a “life-changing decision,” I would’ve imagined something dramatic. Quitting a job. Moving cities. Cutting people off mid-sentence and…
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Someone Called Me Weird. I Took It As a Compliment.
What was the best compliment you’ve received? Best Compliment I’ve Ever Received Someone once called me weird. Not cute-weird. Not quirky-weird.Just… weird. And they meant it like an insult, which is honestly what makes it perfect. Because in my head, weird just means one thing— You realised you have free will…and then actually did something…
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Why I Trust Fictional Characters More Than Real People
Why I Trust Fictional Characters More Than Real People This is going to sound concerning if you read it too quickly. But if you sit with it for a minute… it might start making sense. I trust fictional characters more than real people. Not because I’m delusional about what’s real and what isn’t. But because…
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Mistakes I Make Every Year (And the Ones I’m Not Repeating This Time)
A brutally honest personal essay about the mistakes I make every year – habits, people, and patterns I’m finally done repeating for good. Look, the thing is, I know I have issues. I know. I am aware. When 2024 began, I was already going through a rough patch in life. I had seen a picture…
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On Play, Chaos, and Letting Myself Be
Yes, but not in the way people usually mean it. Playtime, to me, isn’t about games or scheduled fun. It’s the moments where I stop being useful and start being myself. It’s flirting with ideas, overthinking conversations for no reason, turning my life into a narrative, laughing at my own jokes, annoying the people I…