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Improve Your Focus By Setting Monthly Goals

Written by Adam on June 28, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
3 min read. Mindfulness, Blog. Leave a Comment

At the end of every year, I write a recap of the past year, with some goals for the new year. I’ve been doing this for 7 years now, and it’s been amazing to look back on. Writing this post starts mid-year when I start keeping track of what I’ve done that year, and inspired a mindfulness article I wrote on the subject.

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5 Steps to Change Your Default Consumption Behavior

Written by Adam on June 27, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
4 min read. Canonical, Mindfulness, Minimalism, Blog. 2 Comments

Have you ever closed a website, or app, only to reopen it immediately after without thinking? Chances are that experience has worked its way into your subconscious to the point where you could consider yourself addicted. This could be Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, a game — or just about anything.

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Medium Journaling is Minimalism

Written by Adam on June 26, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
3 min read. Blog, Minimalism. Leave a Comment

Journaling is one of the most positive creative actions and skills that you can develop. Aside from the many health benefits, there’s no job for which learning how to communicate better won’t be helpful.

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Why Should I Invest Now? — How To Be Brave & Start Investing

Written by Adam on June 24, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
4 min read. Financial Independence, Investing, Blog, Canonical. Leave a Comment

There’s a lot to learn about investing. It’s also a very tough area to get experience in since experience means having money and putting it on the line in the form of an investment. There’s the stock market, 401ks, Roth IRAs many other confusing terms which can muddy the waters, when all you want to do is grow the money you’re earning. I want to help you get to the point where you have a clear answer on the question: Why should I invest now?

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What is Your Personal Mission?

Written by Adam on June 21, 2017. Updated January 8, 2023.
4 min read. Mindfulness, Blog. Leave a Comment

A year and a half ago, Derek Sivers tweeted asking “What are you working on right now?”. This simple question spawned an entire website, nownownow.com, which focused on linking to a “now” page on different people’s websites displaying what they are focused on. It led me down a lot of internal conversations of my own to figure out what I’m working on and how to relates to my personal mission.

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2016 Year in Review

Written by Adam on January 1, 2017. Updated January 7, 2023.
10 min read. Personal, Blog. Leave a Comment

2016 was a weird year. Politics and celebrity deaths aside, it was a bumpy year for me as well. Things were well at home, but at work, I went through some transitions that stretched me very thin and stressed me out for much of the year. A lot of this year was about learning what I want out of a career — something I thought I had figured out already, but turns out I have much to learn. Time to look at the year in review to see how it all went.

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