Philosophy & Self-Help Posts

As I’ve mentioned in a few other posts, I’ve been watching lots of beauty content. Inevitably, I’m putting some of this new knowledge into practice and enjoying how much my skills are improving in this area. It’s fun to learn new things in general, and there’s the bonus of being able to see my newfound… Read more: Practicing beauty empiricism

I recently reread the book, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation. My professor assigned this book for the Buddhism class I took. I decided to buy the book after renting it for the semester, since I enjoyed the book so much. But I haven’t read it since, until… Read more: Mindful Consumption

I’ve been thinking about consistent action, and as I did I remembered the fable of the tortoise and the hare. The moral of the story is “slow and steady wins the race.” People will often give the same advice in different ways: This idea—”slow and steady wins the race”—is used for explaining how to accomplish… Read more: Consistent action, or slow and steady wins the race

Lately, I’ve been exploring lots of beauty content, primarily on YouTube. And admittedly, I’ve probably overconsumed beauty content at this point. But being who I am, I have thought about if there might be a deeper, underlying reason for this particular interest over other methods of escapism. While a few personal reasons spring to mind,… Read more: The pursuit of beauty