HeyJaredThe improvement journal
Discipline, positivity and strategies to help you become the greatest version of you.
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The Yes That Costs More Than the No (opens the original)
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A quiet Friday night and my phone rang as I was about to turn on the TV. It was my friend and she wanted to know if I can help her move to her new house over the weekend. The same weekend that I had been anxiously looking forward to staying at home and recharging after finishing a 3 month long project. But this was my friend and she needed my help.So I did what anyone would do right? I said yes before I’d even opened my calendar in my head.I didn’t think about it or decide on it. The yes just ca
The Freedom of Doing Something Badly (opens the original)
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I remember feeling a little smug after buying my first guitar off Facebook marketplace even though it was a secondhand guitar. But on the drive back I was thinking about what the person who sold it to me told about how he was planning to learn for years but never really got around to it. With a slight grin on my face I told myself that this time it was going to be different, even said it out aloud but alas that was not the case to be.As soon as I got home, I opened You tube and looked up a coupl
Ego Doesn't Always Make You Loud (opens the original)
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Another bustling Saturday evening at my house full of life with my entire family joining me for dinner today. No momentous occasion but just a warm family gathering for dinner as usual but this one stuck with me for a while. Not like anything dramatic happened at it but that’s somewhat the point of me thinking about it. My uncle was sitting at the head table and he made a comment on my decision to switch my work fields and it wasn’t anything mean but just a small comment as a joke as we usually
The Flare Before The Fight (opens the original)
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“Your writing is somewhat safe” was not the words that I expected from my literature mentor’s mouth when I submitted my final paper to him. He didn’t tell me that my writing was bad or lazy but flat out said it was safe and every sharp point was blunted down at the end of that page and every opinion was hidden so it won’t start a controversial discussion.As unexpected as this was, I remember how fast I was disagree, pointing out reasons left right and center. The things I said were valid and mos
What Actually Makes You Feel Like You Matter (opens the original)
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It was 2 am and I was on my bed randomly scrolling through my Instagram when I noticed that the picture I had posted in the morning only had about 30 likes and not the usual 80 or so and in a way annoyed me. I was thinking as to why, when I saw the stack of old photo albums that I had brought back from my mother’s house and it dawned on me that I was having that same feeling of not mattering to the people around me.Now likes on Instagram is not a big deal and 30 likes is by all means not a low n
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