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That sounds hilarious

I think I’m falling into the trap of looking at my capacity only in terms of each day. Ie if I get a good night’s sleep I erroneously feel like I should be able to sustain my (prob…

The keywords are “conscious effort”

You need to make a conscious effort to become better at managing your stress. When you notice your stress is peaking, try different techniques to relax yourself. Find out what work…

Beautifully put! I just realized I've been on both sides of that. Younger me tended to be the first case you described. Older me seems to tend towards the second case. Perhaps beca…

Another personal anecdote, this person sounds like an extreme case to me. No one I know around that age is that bad.

Why is this the case?

"We lower our standards, lots of middle class families don't eat red meat anymore for example. We don't eat out." "Young people don't move out in the first place. Lots of people mo…

This is freaky. I was just thinking about how snipers are like dark templars: ineffective if seen. And we posted around the same time

Part of me thinks it's just the media trying to manufacture conflict and rage for more clicks. Somehow we have accepted the idea that showing up when you are supposed to and doing …

That's very insightful. "Keep the curiosity alive. Its a powerful, motivating force. Just don't get too anxious." You're so right about that. I just realized I had much more zest f…

"A few people I talked to in life, have this love for learning everything to the point they feel "afraid to die" before mastering something." Damn, that describes me pretty much. T…

>Looking at sports, it becomes obvious how much can be achieved with the right training. Could you elaborate? I wasn't aware of this.

It's a female dominated industry. It should be seen as a problem just like it is for male dominated industries.

Yes and before Einstein, > 98% of scientists believed in an even more wrong model.