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So tomorrow I have my first exam, which is crazy. But I think I really like biology, like learning about the body is super cool. Even the super small processes and the microdetails because all of revolutionary science at this point is like at the microscopic level. Humans are such

Lessons to Myself from this Week

Anything that gives now takes away from the future, anything that takes away from now gives to the future. The phone is a tool to connect with other humans and create meaningful irl experiences and memories. Technology are tools that help you achieve things and set up life for events

Damn They Weren't Kidding

So this week was my first week of dental school, and not going to lie it did not feel like a week but more like a month. Its crazy that I have only been in Philly for two weeks now but it feels like I have been living here for

City Boys Up

Update: Articles will now be posted on Saturday's instead of Wednesday's, to accommodate my new schedule. Thank you so much for reading. So what can I say, I have been here for a week now and these last couple of days have been a blast. There

Make Better Decisions

You know the best way to improve your decision-making? Simply, know what you want. Today, we are faced with more options and choices than ever before. As a result, we experience decision fatigue more often, leading to increased stress and overall dissatisfaction with life. In fact, research suggests that we

Beauty in the Differences

When I was younger I kept wondering if I would ever meet someone that thought the exact same way. Now I know I never will. There is no one that thinks like us, feels like us, or even goes through the same experience. When describing events that connect us, we

Stop Reacting and Start Responding!!!

Have you ever done something or said something in the heat of the moment and regretted it? Have you ever sent a text that you wish you hadn't? Bought something that you regretted buying? Agreed to attend an event or fulfill a request that you regretted saying yes

ego EGO Ego

Yesterday, I started watching Blue Lock, an anime about soccer. The show's premise is to find the best striker for the National Japanese Soccer Team to play in the World Cup. The show emphasizes that in Japanese culture, most people prefer to have their roles assigned to them

18 Days Left!!!!

I’ll come back to India once I am done with dental school to see family for probably 10 days. So far my trip has been a mixed bag. The day I arrived I started get weird symptoms of fatigue and massive headaches. Turns out that was just dehydration, which

Let’s Take Over the World

Sometimes I look at my hands and think that with these two body parts I can change the world. It’s crazy that the opportunities we receive in life are ones that we probably never would have expected. I resonate the most with artists then any other label. I love

Dr. Dharm Shah

IT’S UP TO LEONARD DEFENDED BY SIMMONS IS THIS THE DAGGER BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE and it was, Kawaii clutched it, and became the greatest raptor ever! It’s kind of funny, I think the thing I am best at is clutching it. Pulling something straight out of my ass

The Greatest Stoic Alive

There is a source. A source that we all share and can all see. But, we cannot see it the same. This is what we call perspective. A viewpoint, a reality, a personality. We become what we see, but since we do not see the same things, we become different.

Atomic Habits Changed My Life

It was Monday, two days ago, 11:36 pm, and I was sitting at my desk staring at my journal, feeling completely stuck. I knew I needed to change my life and my habits, but I had no idea where to start. I was getting so stressed out from my

Live your Life, Everyone Will Die Anyways

I think one of the greatest things you can do in life is to ask yourself what do you want in life? Really dig deep and figure out what gets you excited and what activities make you feel alive. These differ from people to people, and it will never look

Relationships, Trauma, and Love

Relationships can be one of the most rewarding aspects of life, but they can also be incredibly challenging. When we experience trauma in our lives, it can make it even harder to navigate our relationships. Most of this trauma starts from our childhood by our parents and those around us

Hard Work Pays Off

Over the last weekend I had an amazing trip in Providence, Rhode Island, and I learned a lot from that experience. One of the main learning lessons was that growth pays off. The amount of work and effort we put into ourselves does eventually pay off. We may not know

5 Easy Ways to Read More Books in the Next 30 Days

Are you struggling to find time to read more books? If so, you're not alone. Our busy lives can often get in the way of our reading goals. However, reading is an important part of personal growth and development, so it's essential to make time for

23 Life Lessons for 23

So I turned 23 on Monday which is super hype. I was super happy to move on from 22 which definitely had its ups and down. So here are 23 Life Lessons for 23 1.🥳 Go where you are celebrated Going where you are celebrated is crucial for personal growth

Many thoughts: Life is Good :)

Just random thoughts: Today I just feel great. Reasons could be: Sleeping at 10 pm last night, the sun shining bright today, getting an Iced Americano, getting a new magic deck, writing this blog post, having a super chill day at the clinic, but most importantly getting work done. I

Reflections, Reflections, Reflections

On Friday me and Sriram went to a fire Italian restaurant called Mama D’s in Newport Beach. It was a wonderful time filled with great food and great conversation. As soon as we got there we found parking very easily even though it was a Friday evening. The hospitality

Why do you Suffer?

We have to understand suffering before we can understand peace. To really appreciate the days where you can do what you like and spend time on activities that bring you joy, you must spend days where you are on the brink of tears and hustling away to survive. Both are

Rookie Season

I was having a conversation with my dad over the weekend and he mentioned at some point that “My life is just starting” We are in our rookie season. Do we expect rookies to come in and win it all? Do we expect rookies to become great legends off the

We Don't Remember Pleasure, We Remember Pain

It's crazy that in our society today, we must avoid pleasure when it was once so hard to find. 100 years ago, most people longed for pleasure and comfort. Back then, pleasure and comfort had much more meaning. Nowadays, with pleasure readily available, even in our magic rocks,

YOLF

Color is quite interesting that is has such a prominent effect on our lives. What is your relationship with color? I am conflicted on whether it is better as a man for me to embrace color or let go of color in honor of grayscale and maturity. I am wondering

Investing in Social Skills

This weekend, my family and I headed north to San Francisco for my dental interview at UOP. It was a super fun experience overall, and it was great to see the city again after so many years. The last time I was in SF was in 2019, and we did

Emotional Regulation is Key!!!

Emotions are an integral part of our lives, and they play a vital role in shaping our thoughts, behaviors, and actions. However, when we let our emotions control us, it can have a negative impact on our mental and physical well-being. That's where emotional regulation comes in. Emotional

How to Never be Sad Again

Emotions are a normal part of life and must be accepted. Failure to accept emotions will lead them to be bottled up deep within and will manifest in unhealthy ways. However drowning in your emotions is not productive. Honestly I don’t like having strong feelings or emotional reactions to

Progress, Practice, People

Life has been great over this last week, mainly due to 3 realizations Progress I don’t like chilling and relaxing as much as I did before. Over the last week I have been productive every single day or hanging out with friends, which is a win win to me.

Weight, Wealth, Women

I have achieved nothing of significance in my life I want to change that I Need to turn my attention from Learning to Applying Brainstorming to Building Surviving to Thriving Thus I have 3 goals this year Lifting more Weights Generating more Wealth Pursuing more Women That is all My

Vietnam Pt. 2

Yo what’s good everyone! Thank you for all the positive feedback from last week’s post. I greatly appreciate all the feedback and the engagement. Well I just landed back in the states last night and in this post will summarize my second week in Vietnam! So the last

Vietnam Baby!

Yo what’s good everyone. I just want to thank you all so much for reading and tuning in every single week. I also want to thank everyone for the kind words after last week’s post. It felt really good to know that people have my back. I feel

Jaded

I gave up last week. I gave up on my dreams, I gave up on my goals, I gave up on my passions. I was lost, staring at my magic rock, endless options in front of me, yet nothing calling my name. I was zoning out hella and could not

Happy Jordan Year!

yo what’s good so I am writing this today from my phone at the clinic, freestylin off the dome. I did edit it and polish it tho. Honestly I thought I would start the Jordan year with a bang but that hasn’t been the case. I had a

2022 Reflection Pt.2: W Year

What’s good everyone, thank you so much for all the support this year. I started to take this website seriously in March of 2022. I first created this website in March of 2021 and it took me an entire year to start posting consistently. It is all because of

2022 Reflection Pt.1: L Year

Hello everyone, once again thank you so much for reading. I would not be here without y’alls support, really means a lot. This is the first part of my 2022 Reflection, part 2 will be released next week. I had so many L’s the first half of this

We’re Still Monkeys

We’re still Monkeys We’re still animals that like shiny things and sugar. This is a core part of how humans operate and how the world works. Most business and products out there solve the core issue of avoiding pain and pursuing pleasure. However I believe that we differ

Freedom ←→ Purpose

Freedom and Purpose are on opposite sides of the spectrum. Freedom in this case, being ultimate freedom. This means freedom from anything, freedom of mind, freedom of body, freedom of spirit; this means death. When we are dead that is when we are free from everything even free from living.

Are you Enjoying Life or Escaping it?

In these last couple of weeks the concept of death has been looming on my mind. The fact that all of a sudden we are no longer living and go someplace where no one knows. The concept of an afterlife is also prevalent in many cultures, while some say we

Remembering Everything

I am pretty sure I have highly superior autobiographical memory, or Hyperthymesia. I am able to remember a majority of events that have happened in my life, the dates they have occurred, and can remember them very vividly as if they have happened yesterday. I never thought I could have

5 Habits You Could Implement!

What’s good everyone, so today I just wanted to talk about some of the habits that I have implemented in the last couple of months that have given me the biggest benefits. I am not perfect and do not do these habits every single day, I just make sure

DRX WINS WORLD 2022

Over the weekend, I was blessed to have witnessed the greatest worlds run of all time. DRX the 4th seed from the LCK (Korean Regional League) has won the world League of Legend Championship in what most would say was the most competitive worlds tournament to date. How did they

Thank You So Much!!!

When I started this website, I had no expectations for what I wanted it to be. I mainly wanted an outlet for the thoughts and ideas that I had that I felt I could not share with people in person. I always had insights and topics that I wanted to

You Will Never Feel Like It

Once again, here I am staring at this blank page not knowing what to write about. I didn’t want to write today because I just didn’t feel like it. I feel this saying “I just didn’t feel like it or I just don’t feel like it”

Social Anxiety: A Guide On What it is and How to Beat it

This is all my understandings and what I have learned I never thought I had social anxiety, and often dismissed it as a kid. But after reflection and introspection I realized social anxiety is at the core of all my issues. I used to not say “Hi” to people and

I Was Wrong About TikTok

Overstimulation is something that many people my age are experiencing. Living in the modern era with so much stimulus all around us, and the biggest one in our pockets, its difficult to not be overstimulated these days. There were definitely times where I would be scrolling through Instagram, then would

League of Legends

TLDR: My reflections on league of legends, I used to play it lot and now I will never play it again Its crazy how a single video game has impacted my life so heavily. I started playing league of legends in 2013, as my friend at the time, told me

How to be Happier: A Small Guide to Improve Daily Happiness

Emptiness has been something that has affected me throughout my life. A feeling of apathy, nihilism, and overall indifference towards my experiences and life. A hollow feeling found in my chest in which I am neither sad or happy but simply indifferent. I don’t even know how to describe

Feeling Absolutely Terrible

I really did not feel like writing an article today. This is honestly the first time I felt this way. It’s crazy how there are ups and downs in everything. One day you can feel over the moon and the next day you can feel really sad. The good

Creative Systems Part 1

Honestly as I was about to write this, it got me thinking do I even have a system. My systems and my way of creating change quite a bit as I grow and see what is working and what isn’t. I consider creative systems as ever changing and thus

Green is not a Creative Color

The importance of being disciplined with your creativity. There is a spectrum of creativity found within people, that is between the real and the abstract. Real taps into the physical, the truth, the facts, the now The system, the calendar, the to do lists, the delegation Abstract taps into the

What History Can Teach Us

History was definitely my favorite subject in high school, APUSH being my favorite class in high school. I believe the main reason for this was that history is just a story. I agree that analyzing history was tedious but I feel that learned a lot from doing it. The obvious

Sleep, :) , and Sunlight

“If you cannot enjoy right now you will not enjoy tomorrow” I realized that we must enjoy what we have and in order to do that we must be in a good mood. There are many ways to get into a good mood and it differs from person to person.

I am a Weak Man

I am a weak man. Throughout most of my life, I felt that my life was out of my control. I felt that life threw many things at me that I couldn’t handle. I was scared, I was shy, I was fearful of many things. I watched my heroes

Waking up Early Sucks

I am currently in wedding season and super busy. Thus here is a short and hopefully valuable post about my new morning routine. Waking up early sucks. Here are some things I have been doing to make it easier. First thing when I wake up I go outside and take

Protecting Your Peace

If something does not concern me I don’t care about it. Our current world is filled with so much noise and people around us constantly telling what to care about. If we keep listening to this noise and other people, then we simply become followers, and ignore what we

Snip Snip - When to Cut People Off

Being able to cut off people that are draining and/or toxic is a very important skill to have. You have to be able to identify between which relationships are serving you and leading you in a direction of happiness and growth, and which ones are draining you and making

Tik Tok be Fire

Tik Tok has so much value, and no wonder it has been popping off lately. At first I was like many dismissing the app, saying it provided no value and was brain dead. Later on after feeling hella fomo I joined the app and started to see what it had

Saying Yes

Saying Yes to Coachella, saying yes to Miami, saying yes to Mexico, saying yes to workout with friends, saying yes to playing magic, saying yes to run club, saying yes for Anime Expo, saying yes to trips to LA, saying yes for new restaurants, saying yes for music collaborations, saying

Removing the Mask

Do I really like it? Is a question that I ask myself often regarding things I am interested in. As a person who quickly absorbs the interests of others due to feeding off their excitement, I can get really excited about things that I either am unfamiliar with or don’

Enjoying the Moment

Honestly life has been great so far, and I only it will only get better. I used to dread summers, as in the past my summers have been filled with boredom and loneliness, but this summer has been the complete opposite. Every single day something new has come up and

No Notifications!!!

So I haven’t had notifications on for my phone since February. I don’t mean just turning on “Do not disturb”, I mean that I just went to every single app in the settings and turned off the notifications. I believe that this has been a game changer for

Getting Back to the Basics!

Recently I have been thinking that if I want to perform at a maximal level then I need to make sure my foundations are good. If I am not feeling well or am tired, then I won’t be able to achieve my goals and use my time most effectively.

Dealing With Uncertainty

As I approach graduation, moving back home, dental school applications, and life in general; there is a lot of uncertainty. Uncertainty will always be present but it becomes a problem once it turns into anxiety, and anxiety sucks. Anxiety is mainly caused from us being mentally in the future, trying

Set Habits, not just Goals!!!

Set Habits, not just Goals. This idea was inspired by Alex Hormozi who believes in a similar framework, as well as Ali Abdaal. The basic idea is to use the goals you have and then reverse engineer them into actionable habits that you can implement everyday. These goals come from

Decision Paralysis!!!

In February I was quite confused on how to spend my time and what I should be doing. I decided to call up my dad and ask him for advice, he told me when you are stuck overthinking, just do or just start any action. When you are stuck in

Trying out a Routine!!!

So last week I decided to do something different, implement a routine. The main reason for this is that I will be taking my DAT later this month and I need to make sure to have a set study schedule to make sure I achieve maximum performance. I also got

Go Towards Fear!

Last year I wanted to ask this girl out on a date. However I was nervous out of my mind because of the possible rejection that could come about. I debated for a couple of days, pushing off the day I would finally ask her. Then I came across this

Touch some Grass!!!

I have always loved walking, as I get to enjoy taking my time, taking in the scenery around me, and listening to some fire music. Ever since moving off campus, I do not get to enjoy walking around campus, exploring different buildings and just overall enjoying the sun. Thus I

It’s All in your Head!!!

Many situations and problems that we go are mainly just in our head. We all deal with bullshit everyday but its up to us if we want it to affect us or not. A great stoic quote is that “we suffer more in imagination than in reality” by Seneca This

How Roam Changed my Life

Now it has been over a year since I been using Roam Research. https://roamresearch.com/ What is Roam Research Roam Research is advertised as a “A note-taking tool for networked thought.” Here is a video going deeper into what Roam Research is and its features being explained by Ali

Celebrate Small W's!!!

This post is as simple as the title: You need to celebrate Small wins. What are small wins? They are any event or action that happens that happens to you and you receive a positive feeling from it or feel like you won. Throughout our day we have so many

How to be Happier!!!

In order to build consistent Happiness we need to be to be grateful for our current days, and celebrate the small wins. This may be hard at first but after sometime your brain will start to notice all the small wins you get during the day and has, at least

How to Create a Vision Board

What is a vision board: A vision board is simply a visual collage of images and words that represent your goals and dreams in life. Why should you make one: By arranging collages on a poster or wallpaper that represent your goals, it will come naturally for you to remember

How To Get Out of A Slump

February was a tough month for me, both mentally and emotionally. It became to a point where I could no longer take care of myself and decided to head home for a week so I could focus on school and getting things done instead of worrying about what to eat.

What Do I Watch?

Many people get surprised when I say I don’t watch TV shows. They ask me then what do you watch then and what do you enjoy? Short Answer: A lot of Youtube However I wanted to give more detail into the types of videos I watch so I decided

Daily Intent

Recently in my quest to be happier everyday I have stumbled upon the 5 minute journal. This is basically a journal in which you complete everyday to help you gain more clarity of your daily life as well as gain a stronger appreciation for your daily life. You can buy

How I Try to Worry Less

Worrying is something that I find myself doing constantly, as I tend to live in futures that don’t exist. I have been trying to find solutions to my worries as it doesn’t do me any good and leads to a lot of anxiety. However, this has been a

Growth is Hard

In April I felt that I was on the top of the world. I felt that everything I was working towards was coming together and that I was finally becoming the person I always wanted to be. However when May came around with school picking up and me pushing myself

One Takeaway Rule

Have you ever watched something and felt you needed to write everything down? But then you also felt the dilemma of not being in the moment and really understanding what is being said?  I have felt this dilemma many times, and decided what is something that I can implement where

10 minutes every day is better than an hour a week.

10 minutes every day is better than an hour a week. Simple, but you may be asking in what context. Well first let’s do the math. If your spending 10 minutes a day for an entire week, you are now spending 70 minutes a week. This is 10 more

Speed Is Killing Us

I am sure that everyone knows of the saying Less is More, but in reality, what does that really mean. We all equate “Less” to simply materialistic items, such as less clothes, less shoes, and less possessions. However I do not believe that the material items are at the core

The Power of Airplane Mode

Overview: * Why Airplane Mode * Why Disconnect? * Why and How I use Airplane Mode Airplane mode, a feature that every phone has but yet so few of us use. Which makes sense because if you’re not flying, and who really is flying during this pandemic, this feature is essentially useless.

Why I started using Instapaper

* Overview: * The reason I started using Instapaper * Main Function of Instapaper * Instapaper is subscription based * Will go more in depth in future posts At some point in the middle of 2020, with quarantine in full affect, I was getting bored and frustrated with the way I was using my time.