Category: being cognizant
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An overly-detailed and honest review of my Zenni Optical purchase
I ordered prescription glasses online for the first time and I learned some valuable lessons!
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Being cognizant: The job hunt (+ some tips)
A little over one year ago, I decided I needed to get uncomfortable to see things more clearly.
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Being Cognizant: Celebrating the 5-Year Veggiversary!
A series about the ways I work towards being cognizant through decisions that make me more mentally engaged with various facets of my day-to-day life. Cognizance (noun): Awareness, realization, notice, knowledge, perception. — On March 1st, I celebrated five years since I started following a veg*an lifestyle! I am not perfectly inside one dietary box, in…
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Don’t follow your passion – foster it.
My last post was somewhat-obnoxiously but somewhat-accurately entitled “How to Become Better”, and it featured summaries of videos and podcasts that outlined strategies and theories relating to self-improvement. These were not strategies to attain such contentious goals as eating better, achieving mental peace, or weight loss; indeed, the summaries I shared were strategies to connect with external…
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Being Cognizant: How to Become Better
Self- and other-improvement resources from Carol Dweck and Freakonomics Radio.
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Being Cognizant: The (Summer) Job Hunt
A series about the ways I work towards being cognizant through decisions that make me more mentally engaged with various facets of my day-to-day life. Cognizance (noun): Awareness, realization, notice, knowledge, perception. — It’s that time of year for university students: The hunt for The Summer Job. Or, even more daunting, the hunt for The…
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Being Cognizant: New Year’s Resolutions
A series about the ways I work towards being cognizant through decisions that make me more mentally engaged with various facets of my day-to-day life. Cognizance (noun): Awareness, realization, notice, knowledge, perception. —- It’s that time of year when small talk turns to the question, “So, did you come up with any new year resolutions?”…
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Being Cognizant: Scheduling
A series about the ways I work towards being cognizant through decisions that make me more mentally engaged with various facets of my day-to-day life. Cognizance (noun): Awareness, realization, notice, knowledge, perception. —- My memory for dates and significant events is strong – I even remember the minor details and events that would probably be best to…
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Being Cognizant: Alcohol
A series about the ways I work towards being cognizant through decisions that make me more mentally engaged with various facets of my day-to-day life. Cognizance (noun): Awareness, realization, notice, knowledge, perception. —- I’ve had a fairly active social life over the past three months. This is a significant change of pace after a good…
In a Tizzy 