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My favourite quotes from “The Problem With Forever”
I am a person that likes to plan ahead. Next week I want to write about a quote from “The Problem With Forever” by Jennifer L. Armentrout and take a look at performance anxiety. So I thought: Why not share a few of my favourite quotes from the book as a preface today? Because of Read more
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Leaning into fear
Today’s quote ties in nicely with Murakamis quote from this Wednesday: My favourite singer Ryan O’Neal from Sleeping At Last also has a song about the fear of being hurt, called “Pluto”. I woke up from the same dream / Falling backwards, falling backwards /Till it turned me inside out / Now I live a Read more
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The storm is you
Today I wanted to take a closer look at the famous quote by Haruki Murakami from his novel “Kafka on the shore”. This quote can teach us a lot about how the things we go through actually happen for us, not against us, and how we can use fate as an anchor to go through Read more
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My favourite quotes from “Before I Die”
Why not do something a little bit different once in a while? When I read a book, I usually like to mark or underline my favourite, most profound and heartfelt quotes. Today I would like to share a collection of these quotes from the novel “Before I Die” (Jenny Downham) and my thoughts on them. Read more
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Nostalgia can help us taste life twice
Last week I wrote about looking back in anger and how we can transform this by acknowledging difficult times in life into something that shaped us. Today I want to change sides and look at the more positive side of looking at the past. In my opinion, this quote captures perfectly the phenomenon of nostalgia: Read more
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Self-acceptance can heal you
Video games and emotional intelligence Video games can play a significant role in how humans develop their understanding of other people. However, I don’t mean games like “Mario Kart” or “Animal Crossing” which one plays for fun. What I mean are meaningful story-based adventure games with interactive storytelling and believable, authentic characters where you can Read more
