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Stop worrying about being the best
My six-month retrospective on switching careers away from optometry and how this could help with your career situation
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Letting go of the result
It's okay if you aren't getting it now, because you eventually will.
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Making the most out of events you don't really want to attend
We can't always be doing things we want to do all the time
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Don't let the titles of Junior, Intermediate, and Senior distract you
I have a take on this that might be controversial — these job titles are an illusion. Or if this is too extreme of a point of view, at least, you…
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The power of silence
Remember when a monotonous task for a long stretch of time was excruciatingly dull Or remember that time when waiting was an avoidable chore? O! What to…
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Are your fitness goals for health or an unhealthy body image obsession?
Even though I’m not an athlete or think of myself as someone who is outrageously “fit”, exercise and gym attendance have always been a core tenet for…
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Stepping away from optometry... completely.
In software, a regression is when you introduce a previously fixed bug into production. This becomes a drop-all-tools priority issue to fix. So far, I…
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Religion & focus, girls & friendzones, remote work & shame
Currently, I’m writing this in Sri Lanka, but what I will be writing about is my reflection on my time in India. Religion & Focus We visited…
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