Tag: mental health
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Crimes of Consciousness
“Our knowledge of the world consists of systems of ideas that we construct in our imagination without being conscious of doing so. Some…” The sentence blurred as my eyelids grew heavy. Penn Handwerker’s The Origin of Cultures slid off my chest, its thesis about individual choices shaping society dissolving into the static of sleep. My…
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Close to the Finish Line? Don’t Let Distractions Derail You
Has this ever happened to you? You’ve worked tirelessly toward a goal, but just as you near the finish line, you find yourself feeling stuck or strangely uninterested. Perhaps you’ve fallen ill, gotten lost in elaborate planning, or started dreaming about life after success instead of focusing on the task at hand. Recently, a friend…