Philosophizing with a 17yr old... People are quick to label themselves and others in order to make sense of the world around them. Unfortunately this can serve to confuse us even further. It isn't who we are inside that defines us but what we do. Lol. But we shouldn't necessarily define ourselves, instead liberate ourselves from the arbitrary boundaries that keep us from seeing how all these "definitions" blur together.

Michael Pritchard: How to make filthy water drinkable

Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice

Dan Gilbert: The surprising science of happiness

Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption

"When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change." - Avatar Aang

Inspiration

Amazing. I can only hope to accomplish as much in my life.

Anyone can blow up and let out their frustrations on others but it definitely takes strength of character to control those impulses and deal with things the right way. Honestly though, some people are just not making it easy...

Amazing.

Motivation

We all need a little motivation every now and then. This helped me through this week but there's still more to do.

"I am enough, I have enough, and there is enough".

Something interesting I learned while studying Buddhism in my Religious Studies class on evil.

Only experience comes with age, maturity is a choice.

Kylie Minogue

This song is pretty catchy and the video is trippy, it's also a plus that Kylie Minogue is pretty attractive haha.

Tim Ferris

Just recently stumbled upon this guy after looking at travel blogs and packing minimally. Tim Ferris is the author of 4 Hour Work Week and 4 Hour Body. He's pretty interesting to say the least and I kind of want to get that first book of his, I feel like it'll be a good read.

Random thought:

Sometimes it feels like my mind is disjoint from my body. It's as if my mind is just occupying this body in order to interact with this physical world, but really it doesn't belong here. My mental image of myself isn't exactly what I see in the mirror and I don't know what it is. It's a weird feeling to say the least.

Ever get that weird feeling that life is one big conversation and you just showed up in the middle of it?
It seems like there is so much that went on before you and the only way to participate is to try and catch up with what has happened.
It's such a weird feeling...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

It's raining here in Dominica and I'm stuck in this freezing classroom looking over notes with tea in hand. lol emo post kind of sort of.



Just re-watched this movie after awhile. Man it hits close to home. No matter how bad shit got with THAT ex (lol) and everything I'll never want to forget it all. You also realize how you could have and probably should have acted (But no regrets!). There are those moments that you just treasure.

I really like how in the movie he lives through the scenarios of their past and then snap back to the reality that he's going to forget it all. The good and the bad. You only feel the bad because of the absence of how good things were. I wonder what it would be like to go through each moment again with that someone in your past.

Great movie. Great acting. Great soundtrack.
PS. I don't know how to add tags any more to posts haha

Amy Smith shares simple, lifesaving design

Amazing ideas. This is what I want to be able to accomplish in my life.