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How To Force Maturity
Responsibility. That’s it. That’s the answer. You can stop reading right here if that’s all you wanted to know. Now, For The Actual Readers: When you see someone who lacks maturity they usually lack responsibility. Or they might be someone who has responsibility but refuses to face it, and spends their time rigorously running away…
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You Have A Lot Of Faithless Faith
This is not a religious article. That might bring the heathens comfort. But regardless of your religiosity, or lack of it, you put a remarkable amount of faith in many things, and expect them to be a bedrock of stability. You build your life on top of them without ever formally acknowledging that you’re depending…
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Did You Know You Can Be President?
I’m not going to explain why this specific president was used as the cover image. I also don’t make it very obvious throughout my writing. You might put it together if you think hard enough, do a little searching, and utilize context clues. It’s a riddle folding you like a fiddle. Have fun! “Nobody never…
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The Paved Paths And Humpy Hurdles Of Planning My Pr-pruhh-posal
If you come from stereotypical Caribbean culture, AND you’re trying to date in the current market of NYC, the odds don’t look too good for you. But we’re your hope that it’s possible. What you hear in that video is a million thoughts, unadulterated joy, crackhead-like nerves, and a sprinkle of undiagnosed autism, trying to…
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I Will Change The World With Theee, But I Will Never Start With Me
You ever see people who’re utterly passionate about problems? It seems every time you encounter them, there’s a new issue they’re vacillating on. Never their dilemma, either. Always a bigger problem. The world’s problem. They barely got their own life figured out, but they’re very quick to tell you how to alter your habits —…
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I’m Competing With A Serial Killer Family
When you search up “House of Benders” on Google, our homepage has the privilege of being the top hit. Being the top hit is phenomenal. And I would sincerely hope everyone out there is the top hit when their literal name, word-for-word, is typed in. My issue is that the top hit for us is…
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Prophecy Fulfilled
Many people end up becoming “prophecy fulfillers” of the prominent ideas continuously implanted in them since childhood. Beyond the plain, verbal repetition your simpleton mind will initially think of, this indoctrination happens more precisely through a multitude of mediums. Because many repetitions you’re aware of, but there’s also a bunch of white noise in the…
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Maintaining Unshakeable Peace In Stressful Environments, Even If Drastic Measures Are Required
The title is probably more intense than it should lead you to believe. But it’s also accurate and not exaggerated at all. You’ll see what I mean. One With Entropy I was leaned back on the couch, girlfriend supported in one arm, freedom with range of motion in the other. My little brother’s feet were…
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The Delicacy Behind Helping Someone Versus Destroying Them — When Holding Hegemonic Power
I know I mentioned hegemony in the title, but the story I’m sharing is not solely one of systematic power imbalance, even though the person who attempted to push me down was in authority. Even though she did eventually try to exercise hegemonic strength over me, or as I’ve recognized it: Pontius Power. She ordered…
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We Want The Ideal, Without Becoming The Type
Men and women like the idea of many things. What they often don’t like is the kind of person they’d have to be for those ideas to make sense. In many circumstances, people desire outcomes that their current character actively repels. They want the reward without becoming the type of individual who could reasonably obtain…