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The Archives
(Every Article Published from 2013 – 2019)

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Below is a full list of all 180+ articles published from 2013 to today.

2016

March 21st · The End of an Era
March 14th · How to Be a Good Friend (And Signs to Avoid Being a Bad One)
March 7th · What Matters
February 29th · Imbeciles
February 22nd · Quick Reminder: Stay Humble
February 15th · Relax, Nobody’s Judging Your Every Move
February 8th · With Quantity Comes Quality (Why Making Friends Is Hard)
February 1st · Carefully Allocating the Fucks You Give
January 25th · Happy Three Years, Self Stairway
January 18th · The Power of Relating
January 11th · Let’s Admit Our Biggest Weakness
January 4th · Surviving a Year of Uncertainty

2015

December 28th · Sticking With Your Hobbies, Getting In Shape, and Feeling Good
December 21st · Missing Home Is a Good Thing
December 14th · Quick Reminder: Be Present (A Lesson I’m Re-Learning)
December 7th · Know When You’re the Asshole
November 30th · No Idea What’s Next?
November 23rd · How to Make Life Flow
November 16th · “That Would Never Happen to Me”
November 9th · Our Problems Aren’t Unique
November 2nd · Surviving and Thriving With No Money in the Bank
October 26th · Donating $1,000 of My Own Money – Let’s Help Build an Orphanage
October 19th · Starting All Over, Again
October 12th · Help Please: How Do I Impact More Personal Lives?
October 5th · What It Really Means to Be Living the Life
September 28th · None of This Matters, Isn’t That Great?
September 21st · Actionable Reading
September 14th · What Happens When You Let Others Choose For You
September 7th · Is Indefinite Travel All That Great?
August 31st · Dodging Bullets, Deal Breakers, and the Disqualification Bombshell
August 24th · Embrace Your Quirks
August 17th · You Can’t Throw Away Your Problems
August 10th · Follow Your Shit
August 3rd · Unconventional and Creative Methods to Hitting Your Goals
July 27th · Life Is Too Short For Mediocrity
July 20th · You’re Allowed to Change Your Mind… I Think?
July 13th · Luxury Has a Point of No Return
July 6th · Getting (and Staying) Ahead of the Curve
June 29th · Why You Need to Trust Others
June 22nd · No One is One-Dimensional
June 15th · You’re Not the Only One Trying to Figure It Out
June 8th · The Cheesiest Thing You’ll Read All Week
June 1st · Using Absurd Goals to Kick Yourself Into Action
May 25th · Don’t Let Yourself Get Away With It
May 18th · Why It’s GREAT That It’s “All About Who You Know”
May 11th · Staying Cool
May 4th · Why I Had to Remove Social Media From My Daily Life
April 27th · Be Your Biggest Supporter
April 20th · Don’t Give Up
April 13th · How Has Quitting My Job (and Starting a Business) Gone For Me So Far?
April 6th · My Worst Fear Is My Biggest Strength
March 30th · Why Being Polarizing Is Actually a Good Thing
March 23rd · Stop Feeling Guilty For Enjoying Yourself
March 16th · The Good Old Days Are Now
March 9th · 4 Ways to Spark Your Creativity and Productivity
March 2nd · It’s Supposed to Be Hard
February 23rd · How to Deliver Cold Hard Truth and Stop Sugarcoating Reality
February 16th · How to Add Value Into the Lives of Others
February 9th · Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
February 2nd · A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings…
January 26th · Normal is Boring, How to Use Weirdness to Your Advantage
January 19th · The Scariest Decision of My Life
January 12th · How Far Would You Go to Be Great?
January 5th · What Topics Would You Like to See?

2014

December 29th · New Years’ Resolution: Stop Saying “I’m Too Busy”
December 22nd · How to Be Resilient
December 15th · Quick Tip on Perspective
December 8th · Powering Through (While Your Entire Body Is Shaking)
December 1st · Don’t Rely on Ego Boosts to Get Through Your Day
November 24th · The People You Least Suspect
November 17th · Why I Persist Each Week (Even Though It’s the Hardest Thing Ever)
November 10th · Just See How It Plays Out
November 3rd · Everyone Knows Something You Don’t
October 27th · Gentle Reminder: You’re Never Alone
October 20th · We’ve All Got Bad Days (Sometimes One After the Other)
October 13th · Kick Fear in Its Face
October 6th · Do It For the Challenge
September 29th · Don’t Rely on a Single Experience to Change Your Life
September 22nd · Help Yourself Before You Help Others
September 15th · Leaving Comfort Behind
September 8th · 100 Articles Later… Progress Since Day One
September 1st · Here Is Exactly Where You Belong
August 25th · What If You Don’t Know What or How to Change?
August 18th · How to Make the Right Decision (And Feel Good About It)
August 11th · How to Recover and Move On from Anything
August 4th · How Far Have You Come Since Last Year?
July 28th · The Myth of the Always Passionate Worker
July 21st · On Being Homeless, Warring with Family, and Being a Nutjob
July 14th · For When You’re Hurting the Most
July 7th · Feeling Unproductive? 3 Fixes to Get You Back in the Game
June 30th · Help Me Read More (Book Recommendations Needed)
June 23rd · Stop Comparing Yourself With Others
June 16th · 6 Subtle First World Luxuries You’re Probably Taking for Granted
June 9th · Why Optimists Have a Bad Name
June 2nd · 5 Ways to Stop Being an Overthinking, Overanalyzing Worrywart
May 26th · Are There Such Things as Good Secrets?
May 19th · What Are You Avoiding?
May 12th · When to Choose Extravagance Over Frugality
May 5th · We’ll Never Be This Young Again
April 28th · Living on My Own for the First Time
April 21st · Maintaining Your Long-Distance Friendships
April 14th · How Southeast Asia Ruined My Life
April 7th · The World Doesn’t Care About Us (And Why That’s Okay)
March 31st · 10 More Things I Wish I Knew Sooner
March 24th · Accepting Your Shortcomings (and 5 of My Biggest Flaws)
March 17th · How to Make Your Life Story Interesting
March 10th · 5 Things The Philippines Helped Change My Mind About
March 3rd · Clinging Onto Fleeting Gratitude
February 24th · Tackling Your Fears
February 17th · You Can’t Control Everything – Sucks, Doesn’t It?
February 10th · How You Can Be Better Than I Ever Was
February 3rd · An Open Letter to People Who Don’t Know What They Want to Do
January 27th · What Moving Over 7,000 Miles Away from Home Feels Like
January 20th · Happy First Anniversary, Self Stairway
January 13th · Two Months Later, First Thoughts on the Philippines
January 6th · 5 Reasons to Be Happy You’re Single

2013

December 30th · New Year’s Resolution: Shower Every Day
December 23rd · You Never Know the Impact You Have on Others
December 16th · Embracing Introversion and Being Boring
December 9th · What’s Your Worst-Case Scenario?
December 2nd · You Never Looked At Gratitude Like This Before
November 25th · Age Doesn’t (Always) Equal Wisdom
November 18th · 6 Reasons I Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Write on Self Stairway
November 11th · 5 Paralyzing Fears You Have to Ignore (If You Want to Expand Your Comfort Zone)
November 4th · On Envy, Secret Identities, and a Blue Twisted Journal
October 28th · eBook Release, My Overseas Adventure, and 30 Stories and Facts You Don’t Know About Me
October 21st · Stealing Feels Good, Here’s Why You Should Try It At Least Once
October 14th · Stop Saying Their Name Over and Over, A No-BS Guide to Socializing
October 7th · The Single Most Importance Piece of Advice You’ll Ever Hear
September 30th · How to Ensure You’re More Confident by Next Year
September 23rd · The Real Reason You’ll Never Make Your Dreams Come True
September 16th · 30 Tricks You Can Steal From Social Butterflies for Approaching Anyone
September 9th · What No One Talks About, The Downsides of Success
September 2nd · 48 Variables That Make the Biggest Difference in Your Life
August 26th · Using “The Halo Effect” To Make a Good First Impression
August 19th · Are You Living in the Spectacular Now or Playing It Too Safe?
August 5th · How to Avoid Burnout: Getting Things Done Efficiently
July 29th · Is Everything You Know Wrong? You May Be Illusioned
July 22nd · Are You Tired of Feeling Invisible? On Charisma and Becoming INVINCIBLE!
July 15th · 40 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner
(The Compact Guide to Life)
July 8th · How to Stop Worrying About Everything
July 1st · Hitting Rock Bottom, 3 Lessons Learned from Below
June 24th · What Happens When You Get Stuck Wondering What If
June 17th · What Do You Think Are the Biggest Success Myths? [Discussion]
June 10th · How to Be Confident, Meet People, and Influence Others
June 3rd · How to Cheer Yourself Up When Your Head is Feeding You Lies
May 27th · 8 Warning Signs You Are Wasting Your Life And Don’t Even Realize It
May 20th · Stop Trying to Be Perfect! How to Live Life Dangerously
May 13th · 6 Outrageous Lies You Believe About Achieving Success
May 6th · Lonely or Insecure? 10 Secrets to Feeling Better About Yourself
April 29th · How to Be Happy: The WRONG and RIGHT Questions
April 22nd · On Wind, Superpowers, Growing Up, and a Yellow Fuzzy Journal
April 15th · 10 Life Quotes and Lessons to Live By
April 8th · Who Do You Want to Be in 2030? [Discussion]
April 1st · Who I Want to Be in 2030
March 25th · The Friendship Equation, How to Get a Social Life
March 18th · How to Do What You Don’t Want to Do, Lessons in Discipline
March 14th · Can’t Maintain Your Sanity? Take a Walk
March 11th · The Value of Bantering
March 6th · 5 Simple Things You Can Do Today to Spread Happiness
March 4th · The World Lacks Trust, Why I Trust Others
February 27th · 7 Things to Look For in an Amazing Friendship
February 24th · How Another Friend’s Pain Gave Me New Opportunities
February 21st · Excuses Are the Devil
February 17th · The Zen of a Morning Person: How to Love 6.00 a.m.
February 13th · Why Change Helps You Grow
February 12th · 10 Quotes and Life Lessons From Ernest Hemingway
February 10th · Is the Idea of “The One” Right for You?
February 7th · How Life Brought My Passion
February 4th · Why Stoicism is the Ultimate Self-Improvement Philosophy
January 31st · 7 Life Lessons to Learn from Pickup Artists
January 29th · Mentoring the Mentor
January 25th · How to Be Yourself and Reflect
January 24th · How Starbucks and Other Coffee Shops May Benefit You
January 24th · You Can’t Save Everyone, Tale of an Aspiring Superhero
January 24th · Enjoying the Simple Things
January 22nd · The Common Factor Every Time You’re Unhappy, You
January 21st · How to Voluntarily Acquire Financial Debt Through College
January 20th · Tired of Being Tired