Part of the reason that making friends in-person on the internet age is challenging is that the internet age lacks thoughtful moderation and synthesis. Anyone can have an opinion, any of the time, about anything. Unfortunately for us, there are more ways to be wrong than to be right. Worse, Hollywood, America’s royal family, seemsContinue reading “Some Common Myths (about friendship)”
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The Progressive Overloader’s Toolkit
When you’re looking to increase your physical fitness, you should see duration, intensity, and novelty as the main tools in your kit to improve performance from the gym. External factors like sleep, nutrition, hydration are also important, but these occur outside of the gym. If you’re trying to improve your performance in an exercise, theContinue reading “The Progressive Overloader’s Toolkit”
Places, People, and Personhood
It’s been said many a time that you are the people you spend the most time with. Despite this, many people rebel from the people they’ve grown around. The recipe for person-hood must be more complex than simply you = others. This is why I think it’s important to recognize that the places, environment, andContinue reading “Places, People, and Personhood”
What can I help you with? I’m building a male friendship course and I want your feedback
I recently learned that 53% of men are dissatisfied in their relationships with their friends and that 1/7 men have no close friends. This number is frightening to me, because a lack of friendships makes it 25% more likely that someone dies in the next four years. And, that’s not even considering the mental anguishContinue reading “What can I help you with? I’m building a male friendship course and I want your feedback”
Is Your Room For Sleep?
When you’re trying to rest, but you associate your room with other activities, it inhibits your rituals, preventing you from getting the best night sleep that you can. Here are a few ways to minimize this, and to get better sleep. What other tips would you add to get some better sleep?