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40 Life Tips Before Forty - #14
It is the kind of thing you do not want to wait until you really need to do it, trust me (CW: depression, suicidal thoughts). It shouldn't be an after thought. It shouldn't be a shameful topic. We...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty - #13
The word ego isn't a bad one in itself: it denotes one's opinion of their own value or importance. There is that non-written rule about it though. We mostly always use it with a negative connotation....
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #12
Being busy is not a badge of honor. Having too many things piled up on a daily basis is preventing you from seizing the moment. It is a barrier to impromptu opportunities. Occupying every minute of...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #11
I'm not talking here about the song that haunted parents, or should I say, everyone for years. What I want to verbalize here, is letting go anything you are attached to that causes you pain. The first...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #10
My Buddhism teacher would say that, it's giving yourself too much importance, and she is right! No matter what happened or what people said, most of the time, it's not even about you or against you....
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #09
They are not pleasant. They are not easy. They don't always generate the outcomes you expected. As much as you want to avoid them, you need to have the difficult conversations. They are the ones that...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #08
Impermanence is one of the concepts I learned during my Buddhism courses. But you can disconnect the idea from the philosophy. Nothing is permanent. It's a universal truth. All things and living...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #07
We live in an individualism world: it's all about oneself. It is like that in every sphere of one's life, including information. The thing is, we should share the knowledge we have. We should use our...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #06
Traveling to new places is, depending on the locations, opening your mind to new cultures. It's marveling your eyes with paysages you only dreamed of. It's creating relationships with people around...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #05
No one ever said on their deathbed 'I wish I'd spent more time at the office' — Harold Kushner I love my job: most of the time, it doesn't feel like work. Still, I work because I need money to...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #04
Remember death. Remember that you will die! In the Western world, we don't like to talk about death, or the uncertainty of our time on earth. We should talk about it, to make it less taboo. You should...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #03
Being open-minded means welcoming new ideas or information. Especially if a priori, you disagree with them or they challenge your belief system. In a broader sense, it can also mean being favorable to...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #02
I'm serious! Get toxic people out of your life, and the sooner the better! You can try, once, to resonate with them, and explaining to them why you feel they aren't good for you. Explained in a proper...
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40 Life Tips Before Forty #01
I'm turning 40 in March: watch out midlife crisis! It's a pretty huge milestone, so I had the idea to share one tip per day until March 4. A way to celebrate and to share the *cough* *cough* wisdom I...
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Nothing Is Permanent
I had a couple of aha moments since I started studying Tibetan Buddhism with a teacher. One of those was about impermanence. It's one of the important teachings of this philosophy: everything is...
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Finding Happiness in the Small Things
This afternoon I was walking from the florist where I acquired three small plants. First since I adopted my first cat, Java, who was eating them and getting sick. On my way back, I decided to stop at...
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My little girl
I miss her. I miss my little girl. I miss Java, my cat. I loved her. I love her. Two weeks ago, she left me. She was too sick. I had to. I wanted to be selfish. I wanted to keep her still. I wanted us...
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My 3 words for 2018
Six years ago, I decided to move away from new year’s resolutions. Instead, I'm choosing three words that are guiding me through the next 365 days. It may feel the same, but it's different and working...
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The day I lost my mother
Today is my mom's birthday: she would have been seventy-eight years old. Unfortunately, she passed away a little more than a year ago. That day, I lost the woman of my life... Many years ago, after...
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Stop Glorifying Busyness
- How are you? - Crazy busy, how about you? - I hear you, I have too much on my plate right now. Is it the type of small talk that ring a bell? For too long, I was either the one answering that...
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I just want to make shit happen - looking for a new opportunity
Please check Let’s Do Epic Shit Together instead Going back as a freelancer was not that hard for me. My expertise, my network, my experience (being a former Technical Evangelist at Microsoft and...
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My 3 words for 2017
It's been five years now that I'm giving a direction to the new year by using three words instead of a specific resolution. In 2013, I used kaizen, time and discovery. In 2014, my words were quality,...
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The Day I Wanted to Kill Myself
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Happiness - the minimalist way
I'll spare you the details for now, but last year wasn't easy for me. Since, I'm slowly assessing my life to understand how I can reach my actual life goal: being as happy as I can be. One realization...
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My 3 words for 2016
I was impatiently waiting for 2016: I know it's psychological, but the first of January is like a new chapter, a blank slate to start over, to do better. I don't believe in New Year’s resolutions as...
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Music is about emotions
What happen when you listen to music? You feel happy or sad? Are you ready to conquer the world or just find the energy to finish that gym training? You remember the love of your life or that time...
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Stop complaining
Did you ever take the time to look truly at your social media feed? I did a couple of days ago, and I realized that status and tweets could mostly all be placed in two buckets: people complaining...
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No bullshit policy
Many things are happening in my life right now, and I realize it's the result of me, lying to myself. You know, trying to convince yourself it's the right decision even if it's not. Trying to...
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