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How to Overcome Winter Blues and Stay Productive (2025)

Winter is like an invisible hand, quietly pulling the strings of our energy and motivation as the days grow colder and darker. Without realizing it, we find ourselves in its grasp—sluggish, unmotivated, and questioning where our drive has gone. How…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • January 30, 2025
  • Life, Self-Improvement

The Best Strategy to Find Your Purpose

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. – Carl Jung You wake up at 7:30 a.m. to the blaring sound of your alarm. Your…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • September 26, 2024
  • Life, Self-Improvement

Top Reasons Why Your Purpose is Important in Life

Among many fears couples face, including infidelity or lack of trust, infertility is a fear that sends chills down many backs. No parent wants to hear of an unsuccessful pregnancy. However, new CDC reports indicate pregnancy rates in America for…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • September 17, 2024
  • Health, Self-Improvement, Wellness

Top Morning Routine Hacks You Need for Health and Productivity

Our mornings are like the bricks of a skyscraper—seemingly small, yet each one stacks up to form the foundation of our lives. Without a morning routine, we can feel disoriented, as it sets the trajectory for our days ahead. A…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • July 6, 2024
  • Self-Improvement, Wellness

Focus on Yourself: How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

During the 2016 Rio Olympics, an angry death scare encapsulated the face of Michael Phelps. As he waits for his swimming event to begin, his rival, Chad le Clos, stands mocking him. As the race began, Phelps maintained a steady…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • June 26, 2024
  • Life, Self-Improvement

Boy vs. Man: How to Know if You’re Still a Boy

The United States is currently undergoing a societal epidemic. According to the Pew Research Center, in 1970, about 11% of families raised children in single parent household. By 2020, this figure had risen to around 23%. Having to raise a…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • June 14, 2024
  • Life, Self-Improvement

10 Advice Young Men Learn Too Late in Life

Men are 3.85 times more likely to commit suicide than women, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). If this rate continues to skyrocket, what would the future look like with less men in the world? Let’s state…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • May 27, 2024
  • Self-Improvement, Wellness

How Music Is Slowly Ruining Your Life

On the Billboard Hot 100, a chart showcasing the most listened-to songs, any song, regardless of the genre, meaning of song, or music artist, can make the list. One song that’s gaining plenty of attention is “Like That” by Future, Metro…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • May 14, 2024
  • Life, Self-Improvement

Subconscious Habits We Should Avoid Starting Now

You didn’t decide to wake up today, check your phone in the morning, or brush your teeth today. Well, I guess you did because your brain made that decision for you, but you probably didn’t realize it. Your habits control…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • February 29, 2024
  • Self-Improvement

Waste of Time and These Other Habits You Should Avoid

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Time is like family; you don’t realize how much you need it till you’re older. You’re still young and full of ambition. You might want to start a business, pursue a hobby, or make time to exercise, but you’re so…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • February 5, 2024
  • Life, Self-Improvement

Why You Need to Step Outside of Your Comfort Zone

The process of making diamonds is unique; it must withstand hundreds and thousands of pressures beneath the Earth’s surface for its carbon atoms to merge. The same principles apply to humans. To grow in strength and prosperity, we must undergo…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • January 16, 2024
  • Life, Self-Improvement

Phone Addiction and 10 Ways It’s Ruining Your Life

The 2021 Common Sense Media Census reported the average screen time of teenagers being 8 hours and 39 minutes. If you multiply this number by 365, an average teen spends over 3,000 hours on the phone. If you zoom in…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • January 11, 2024
  • Health, Self-Improvement, Wellness

Complete Meditation Guide: How to Start Meditating for Beginners

The way our society is currently evolving is scary. The younger population is facing a higher level of mental health disorders compared to those much older. It’s alarming, considering how much we rely on the young generation to direct us…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • January 8, 2024
  • Health, Self-Improvement, Wellness

Meditation and Its 9 Benefits You’ve Never Heard Of Until Now

The increased use of social media and indulgence in instant gratification activities has done one thing: lower our attention span. Kids and adults struggle with putting their phones away, so how do we return our attention span to baseline? The…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • January 1, 2024
  • Self-Improvement

How to Transform Into a Better You in 30 Days

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If you passed away today and a movie of your life came out, how good would this movie be? Does this movie deserve an Oscar or a low rating on Rotten Tomatoes? The ultimate goal is to live a worthy…

  • Anthony Nguyen
  • December 4, 2023
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