life lessons
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The Freedom in Frugality: How Cutting Back Can Unlock Your Personal Freedom
You know those moments when you’re sipping a rather expensive latte, looking at that new Asos order in your room, or seeing off your third deliveroo of the week, daydreaming about a life where the jarring alarm clock doesn’t dictate your morning? A life where Mondays are as sweet as Fridays? A life where you…
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How Stoicism Can Transform Your Daily Life
I think the best metaphor for life is a boat at sea. Sometimes you have clear skies and calm waters. Other times, you are in a tempest of chaos and noise. Whether sunny or moody, boats need a compass to guide them. Humans are the same. We need something to guide us through life. I…
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Your Monthly Income
When that exhilarating moment arrives – the notification that your monthly money has been deposited in your account – it’s essential to have a system in place to make the most of your earnings. Understandably, a lot of people get very excited when money lands in their account and the knee-jerk, instinctive reaction will be…
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The Stoic Perception: Judgments and Valuations
In life, we find ourselves ceaselessly entangled in the complexities of emotions. Emotions that are triggered by events that occur in our lives. It can seem as though the world is against us sometimes. We don’t get the grades we wanted, or the dream job, or the person we wanted to be with. It might,…
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The Quiet Art of Passive Investing: The “Less is More” Approach to Growing Wealth
Picture this: Instead of attempting to read the tumultuous tides of the stock market, you’re lounging in your favourite armchair, sipping on tea, as your investments diligently work for you. Building and growing wealth for you and your future family, whilst you do sweet nothing. Sounds delightful, doesn’t it? Well, come with me and enter…
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The Profound Brevity of Life: A Reflection on Death
When Oliver Sacks mused about the transient nature of life, he delved deep into our collective psyche, urging us to confront the inevitable. Death, a subject most of us shy away from, isn’t just an end. It’s a reminder of life’s fleetingness, urging us to cherish every moment, big and small. This is a thought…
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The Underrated Value of Philosophy in Daily Life
Hello there. Ever had one of those days where life’s weight seems unbearable, and the world feels inexplicably complex? This is rhetorical, as we all have had those days as humans. I know I certainly have. And, often, when faced with such existential angst, it can be hard to know what to do. We mostly…
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School, Life, and Everything in Between
Hi there, Firstly, I’m Max. And before anything else, let me share a secret: I’m 23, and like most in their early twenties (and life), I’m figuring things out on the fly. Most of the time, I actually feel like I haven’t got a clue. Life is hard like that. This feeling of cluelessness has…